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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision JAN032024_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded for a new decision under the correct…
Decision summary: The AAO {‘outcome’: ‘Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for a new decision under the correct classification.’, ‘basis’: ‘The Director applied the NIW classification and requirements even though the petition sought EB-1A extraordinary ability; AAO directed correct initial adjudication.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2]} The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN032024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-01-03 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for a new decision under the correct classification. The Director applied the NIW classification and requirements even though the petition sought EB-1A extraordinary ability; AAO directed correct initial adjudication.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: director_decision_Decision withdrawn and matter Remanded_misclassified_category; director_findings: Director denied the petition as though it sought a national interest waiver under INA §203(b)(2)(B)(i), including the job-offer waiver. The petition and supporting record instead sought extraordinary-ability classification under §203(b)(1)(A). AAO agreed the Director adjudicated a different classification and withdrew the decision, remanding for an initial decision under EB-1A and its criteria. A footnote notes a denial-notice letter related to another matter/person raises an additional question about the record. |
Operative disposition | {‘outcome’: ‘Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for a new decision under the correct classification.’, ‘basis’: ‘The Director applied the NIW classification and requirements even though the petition sought EB-1A extraordinary ability; AAO directed correct initial adjudication.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {‘fit’: ‘misclassification_remand_eb1a_vs_niw’, ‘aggregation_valid’: True, ‘use’: ‘High-value narrow comparison for wrong-classification remands. Preserve footnote identity concern; do not treat this as an EB-1A merits precedent.’, ‘do_not_claim’: [‘Do not treat an appeal dismissal or procedural rejection as approval or a substantive criterion precedent.’, ‘Do not infer individual criterion results beyond the exact states expressly described.’, ‘Do not treat a remand as approval or as resolution of the Remanded issue.’, ‘Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.’], ‘caveat’: ‘No EB-1A criterion merits or final-merits outcome; AAO did not decide eligibility.’}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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