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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision JAN102025_02B2203: Director decision withdrawn and matter remanded for a new decision on the record. Review…
Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn and matter Remanded for a new decision on the record. The AAO withdrew the Director’s decision and Remanded for a new decision based on the complete record; Director may request additional evidence and allow a reasonable response period.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_eb1a_procedural_record; no EB-1A criterion merits determination in this disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN102025_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 10, 2025 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 extraordinary-ability classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) / EB-1A, as stated in the source. |
Procedural posture | Non-Precedent AAO decision on appeal from Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial. The Director found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than three criteria met. AAO conducted de novo review and determined that the Director had not fully considered the complete record, including claims/evidence submitted on appeal. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn and matter Remanded for a new decision on the record. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO withdrew the Director’s decision and Remanded for a new decision based on the complete record; Director may request additional evidence and allow a reasonable response period.
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 |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["The Director’s stated findings, where mentioned, are reported as procedural background and are not AAO criterion holdings.", "No criterion state is inferred from the procedural result."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The Director’s stated findings, where mentioned, are reported as procedural background and are not AAO criterion holdings.
No criterion state is inferred from the procedural result.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, decision date, service center/case identifier, classification and appeal or motion posture.
p. 1, procedural discussion and operative ORDER.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: May be included in a procedural index with exact disposition labels, date, posture and source citations; do not merge distinct summary-dismissal grounds or equate a motion denial/remand with a merits denial.
Editorial use note: Eligible for source-linked procedural coverage only after normal editorial/legal review; no generated substantive EB-1A merits summary.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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