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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV082024_01B2203: Withdrawn and remanded. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: The AAO withdrawn and Remanded AAO found major-media published material about petitioner in MMA Fighting, which ranked highly in its category. Together with two Director findings, the threshold was met; final merits remains unresolved.
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_EB1A_AAO_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV082024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 8, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for final merits |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial. Director found awards and association membership; AAO found published material met, reaching three criteria; Remanded for final merits. |
Operative disposition | Withdrawn and Remanded |
Final-merits status | Not decided; initial threshold met and Remanded for final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found major-media published material about petitioner in MMA Fighting, which ranked highly in its category. Together with two Director findings, the threshold was met; final merits remains unresolved.
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies petitioner as a martial arts athlete and teacher and the appeal.; pages: 1
claim: AAO addresses change-of-occupation concerns and lists claims; Director had accepted awards and membership.; pages: 2
claim: AAO evaluates web articles and SimilarWeb evidence and finds MMA Fighting major media in the field.; pages: 3
claim: AAO finds at least three criteria and remands for final-merits analysis.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_narrow_fact_grounded_content: True; must_preserve_procedural_posture: True; recommended_use: Good combat-sports example on documenting that a niche publication is major media within the field using relevant readership/ranking evidence; do not report remand as approval.
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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