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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision JUN202024_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN202024_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded. 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 | JUN202024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-06-20 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: De novo appeal. AAO found Director imposed unsupported extra requirements for judging, display and original contributions; found criteria met and Remanded for final merits.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: AAO appeal or motion as described in source; director_findings: De novo appeal. AAO found Director imposed unsupported extra requirements for judging, display and original contributions; found criteria met and Remanded for final merits. |
Operative disposition | {‘outcome’: ‘Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded.’, ‘basis’: ‘AAO found judging through documented paper review and display through public artistic presentations satisfied criteria; it also found petitioner satisfied additional criterion(s), then Remanded totality/final merits. (pp. 2–4)’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | Final-merits determination Remanded; AAO made no ultimate acclaim finding. |
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 | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met — 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: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Strong current comparison for judging and display in game-design field; precise procedural context and final-merits remand must be retained.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent and fact-specific; distinguish criterion findings from final merits and preserve remand posture.'}
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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