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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUL022024_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded for new decision, specifically…
Decision summary: The AAO director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for new decision, specifically final-merits determination. Director found published material and judging criteria met; AAO agreed display criterion met, giving three initial criteria. Petitioner claimed six criteria in total, but AAO addressed only display on appeal and did not decide the remaining claimed criteria. Final merits was expressly left for Director.
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: EB-1A merits decision at initial-evidence stage only; final merits not reached and Remanded.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL022024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 2, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A merits decision at initial-evidence stage only; final merits not reached and Remanded. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; AAO found petitioner met a third initial evidentiary criterion (artistic display) and Remanded for Director’s final-merits determination. |
Operative disposition | Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for new decision, specifically final-merits determination. |
Final-merits status | not reached; AAO Remanded for Director to perform final-merits determination after three initial criteria were established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found published material and judging criteria met; AAO agreed display criterion met, giving three initial criteria. Petitioner claimed six criteria in total, but AAO addressed only display on appeal and did not decide the remaining claimed criteria. Final merits was expressly left for Director.
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 | met — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | met — 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 — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies non-precedent EB-1A appeal in arts dated July 2, 2024; In Re 31205065.; pages: 1
claim: Director found petitioner met published-material and judging criteria but denied initial threshold; petitioner claimed four additional criteria on appeal.; pages: 2
claim: AAO agreed petitioner met artistic-display criterion, bringing initial criteria count to three.; pages: 2
claim: AAO stated that three criteria do not establish final eligibility; Director must make final-merits determination. Decision was withdrawn and Remanded.; pages: 2
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful substantive example for artistic-display criterion satisfying a third initial criterion in a particular record, with explicit caveat that AAO Remanded for final merits and did not decide total eligibility.
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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