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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV222024_01B2203: Director decision withdrawn; remanded for new final-merits determination.…
Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn; Remanded for new final-merits determination. AAO found teaching evaluation was judging work in same/allied specialization. Director’s leading role and scholarly authorship findings stood; final merits remains for director to analyze record totality.
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: EB-1A merits appeal; initial threshold met; final merits unresolved.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV222024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 22, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; initial evidentiary threshold met and Remanded for final merits |
Procedural posture | Director found leading/critical role met but not the required three criteria. On appeal, AAO found judging work of others met based on evaluating/rating coursework of students; accepted authorship and leading-role findings and found three criteria. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for new final-merits determination. |
Final-merits status | Not reached; matter Remanded for final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found teaching evaluation was judging work in same/allied specialization. Director’s leading role and scholarly authorship findings stood; final merits remains for director to analyze record totality.
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 met |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Decision dated November 22, 2024 concerns tax specialist with multinational accounting-firm experience and a planned Florida business.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Director found leading/critical role met, but not three criteria; on appeal AAO accepted judging, authorship, and leading/critical role as the three criteria.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Judging evidence showed petitioner evaluated and rated students’ coursework in his field; scholarly articles were on prior employer’s website and two Brazilian publications.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO withdrew decision and Remanded for final-merits review; it expressed no opinion on ultimate resolution.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for criterion threshold/judging comparison; not final outcome aggregation.
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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