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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUL052024_02B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; remanded for a new decision. Review source status…
Decision summary: The AAO director’s decision withdrawn; Remanded for a new decision. AAO found three criteria met: judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role. Because the Director had not conducted final-merits review, AAO Remanded for totality analysis and expressed no view on the ultimate result.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL052024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 5, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: sports event planning / triathlon and cycling events. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Director’s decision withdrawn; Remanded for a new decision. |
Final-merits status | "unclear" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found three criteria met: judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role. Because the Director had not conducted final-merits review, AAO Remanded for totality analysis and expressed no view on the ultimate result.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–4; criteria pp. 2–4; order p. 4.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Recent sports/event-planning remand useful for judging event participants and documenting event-organizer contributions/roles; not a final approval or final-merits holding. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Explains field and identifies criteria asserted; director found none.
PDF page 3 — AAO finds judging and original contributions met.
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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