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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision JUL182022_01B2203: Withdrawn; remanded for criteria and possible final merits. Review source status…
Decision summary: The AAO withdrawn; Remanded for criteria and possible final merits. No criteria outcomes; field may fall within business.
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 | JUL182022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Jul 18 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability. |
Procedural posture | Attorney in international dispute resolution; Director misclassified field and did not analyze evidence. |
Operative disposition | Withdrawn; Remanded for criteria and possible final merits. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criteria outcomes; field may fall within business.
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-cited findings recorded in review
Director relied on profession category; AAO finds field analysis wrong and evidence unreviewed. (PDF p. 2)
Arbitration may be business; remand for criteria/final merits if threshold. (PDF p. 3)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by narrowly described issue; do not conflate outcomes or treat remand as approval.
Editorial use note: Eligible for scoped, citation-rich content; identify procedural posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
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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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