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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision NOV222022_01B2203: Withdrawn and remanded. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO withdrawn and Remanded AAO found the Director did not adequately address the submitted research, citations, and expert evidence, and that final merits could not be meaningfully reviewed; it did not itself find the contributions criterion met.
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 | NOV222022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 22, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for new decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial based on original contributions. AAO found the Director’s analysis of the contribution criterion and final merits inadequate and Remanded for a reasoned decision; the criterion finding remained unresolved. |
Operative disposition | Withdrawn and Remanded |
Final-merits status | Not reached; Remanded for a new criterion analysis and, if the threshold is met, an adequate final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the Director did not adequately address the submitted research, citations, and expert evidence, and that final merits could not be meaningfully reviewed; it did not itself find the contributions criterion met.
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — 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 biologist and appeal; Director denied based on original contributions.; pages: 1
claim: AAO lists judging, contributions, and authorship claims; Director found judging/authorship but not contributions.; pages: 2
claim: AAO discusses the missing analysis of contribution evidence, citation impact, and expert letters.; pages: 3
claim: AAO finds the stated ground inadequately explained and remands for a new decision.; 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: Research example about explaining why citation evidence, expert letters, and work-specific impact support—or fail to support—major significance; preserve that the criterion remains unresolved on remand.
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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