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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision NOV212024_02B2203: Director’s motion decision withdrawn; remanded for a new decision. Review source status…
Decision summary: The AAO director’s motion decision withdrawn; Remanded for a new decision. No criterion eligibility adjudication. Appeal concerns the adequacy of the Director’s motion ruling, not the original petition denial; AAO expressly remands to Director as official with jurisdiction (pp. 1–2).
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV212024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 21, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; petitioner is a drug addiction counselor. |
Procedural posture | Director denied for failure to establish at least three initial criteria and dismissed a combined motion to reopen/reconsider. On appeal of that motion dismissal, AAO stated it lacked jurisdiction over the motion itself because the Director made the latest decision. It withdrew the Director’s decision because the Director’s summary did not detail the motion evidence/claims sufficiently for petitioner to address deficiencies; Remanded for a new decision that addresses claims and, if deficient, identifies reasons. |
Operative disposition | Director’s motion decision withdrawn; Remanded for a new decision. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criterion eligibility adjudication. Appeal concerns the adequacy of the Director’s motion ruling, not the original petition denial; AAO expressly remands to Director as official with jurisdiction (pp. 1–2).
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 considered |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
No criterion eligibility adjudication. Appeal concerns the adequacy of the Director’s motion ruling, not the original petition denial; AAO expressly remands to Director as official with jurisdiction (pp. 1–2).
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Retain jurisdictional posture and distinguish remand of a motion decision from remand of original petition merits.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich procedural content only; preserve nonprecedent status and posture.
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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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