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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision NOV132013_01B2203: withdrawal and remand for consideration of NOID response. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV132013_01B2203: withdrawal and remand for consideration of NOID response.
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_eb1a_procedural_record; criterion/final-merits status assessed only from the available source.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV132013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 13, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; petitioner described as founder/CEO of an information-technology company. |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denied petition after a NOID, stating no response received. On appeal, petitioner supplied USPS return receipt indicating response delivered May 2, 2013. Director’s denial did not consider that response. AAO withdraws decision and remands for consideration of response and new final decision; any adverse decision is to be certified to AAO. |
Operative disposition | withdrawal and remand for consideration of NOID response |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
withdrawal and remand for consideration of NOID response
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 holds and limits
["Potential procedural topic with MAY202008, but do not merge until chronology/identity discrepancy in MAY202008 is reconciled. No criterion or final-merits finding.", "No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Potential procedural topic with MAY202008, but do not merge until chronology/identity discrepancy in MAY202008 is reconciled. No criterion or final-merits finding.
No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 2 identifies classification, claimed occupation, NOID and proof of delivery, failure to consider the response, and operative order; p. 1 date.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by distinct procedural mechanism: motion requirements/timeliness; ordinary untimely appeal; summary dismissal for failure to identify error; remand for consideration of NOID response. Exclude held/incomplete cases until reconciled.
Editorial use note: Potential inclusion in source-cited procedural index after editorial review; do not frame as criterion-merits precedent.
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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