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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUN252014_02B2203: Director decision withdrawn; petition remanded for full adjudication and a new…
Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn; petition Remanded for full adjudication and a new decision. Because Director found three criteria, a final-merits determination was required. AAO also gives guidance: published material must be about petitioner and in qualifying media, with objective evidence for website reach; press releases are not independent journalistic coverage; scholarly articles criterion uses plural “articles.” Remand required to address all claimed criteria and evidence.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN252014_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 25, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field: business; petitioner identity/particular subfield redacted or not stated in reviewed text. |
Procedural posture | Appeal after denial; Director had found three criteria ((iii), (iv), (vi)) met but did not conduct final merits. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; petition Remanded for full adjudication and a new decision. |
Final-merits status | Not reached by AAO; Remanded. Director had not conducted it, and it is required if initial criteria remain met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Because Director found three criteria, a final-merits determination was required. AAO also gives guidance: published material must be about petitioner and in qualifying media, with objective evidence for website reach; press releases are not independent journalistic coverage; scholarly articles criterion uses plural “articles.” Remand required to address all claimed criteria and evidence.
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 | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
“Three criterion statuses reflect Director findings cited by AAO, not independent final AAO affirmances; decision is withdrawn and Remanded. Personal identifiers redacted.”
Source-cited findings recorded in review
PDF p. 1: Nonprecedent appeal cover, June 25, 2014; redacted identity; EB-1A petition.
PDF p. 2: Appeal posture; Director found three of ten criteria, including (iii), (iv), (vi), but omitted final-merits analysis.
PDF p. 3: AAO explains two-step review and finds a meaningful appeal was impossible without final merits; analyzes claimed published-material criterion.
PDF p. 4: Guidance on qualifying media, website distribution/objective evidence, press releases and plural scholarly articles; orders full adjudication and conditional final-merits analysis.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful narrow comparison for procedural remand after three criteria and specific published-material/media rules; scholarly article criterion wording.
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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