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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR262021_04B2203: Remanded to the Director. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Remanded to the Director AAO identifies deficiencies in the Director’s treatment of evidence and remands for review, including additional review of awards and membership evidence. Judging was raised for the first time on appeal. The order is a remand, not a final eligibility determination.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition under INA section 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR262021_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2021-03-26 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition; martial-arts athlete / karate competitor and instructor |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial and subsequent motion decisions; AAO withdraws Director decision and remands the matter for a new decision. |
Operative disposition | Remanded to the Director |
Final-merits status | The appeal results in remand for a new Director decision; no final merits determination is made. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO identifies deficiencies in the Director’s treatment of evidence and remands for review, including additional review of awards and membership evidence. Judging was raised for the first time on appeal. The order is a remand, not a final eligibility determination.
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 | |
Membership | Not met — p. 6 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — p. 7 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner seeks EB-1A classification in a martial-arts field; AAO withdraws the Director’s decision and remands for a new decision.; pages: 1; 2; 7
claim: The AAO identifies evidence concerning martial-arts awards and association membership that the Director should review on remand; additional evidence may be requested as appropriate.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The petitioner first asserted judging experience on appeal; AAO does not decide that new assertion in the remand order.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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