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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV292022_02B2203: Director decision withdrawn; remand for a new decision, including final-merits review.…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV292022_02B2203: Director decision withdrawn; remand for a new decision, including final-merits review. Director found scholarly articles and judging criteria met. AAO also finds leading/critical role for an employer with distinguished reputation established. Three criteria therefore met; the AAO remands for final merits and expresses no ultimate conclusion. Salary contention was waived; other criteria were not necessary to decide.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV292022_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 29, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field: senior life-sciences product consultant. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; remand for a new decision, including final-merits review. |
Final-merits status | not reached by AAO; Remanded for final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found scholarly articles and judging criteria met. AAO also finds leading/critical role for an employer with distinguished reputation established. Three criteria therefore met; the AAO remands for final merits and expresses no ultimate conclusion. Salary contention was waived; other criteria were not necessary to decide.
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 | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"No source hold; complete. Two criteria were accepted by the Director and one independently found by AAO; distinguish actor."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
PDF p. 1: Cover identifies date, appeal, and petitioner’s senior product-consultant role.
PDF p. 2: AAO reviews claimed criteria; prior Director accepted scholarly articles and judging; record addresses consultant’s senior responsibilities.
PDF p. 3: AAO finds leading/critical role for distinguished employer; threshold satisfied; salary argument waived; remands for final merits without ultimate eligibility decision.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Good narrow comparator for leading/critical role supported by responsibilities and distinguished-employer evidence, and for remand after threshold met.
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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