AAO research
EB-1A remand — AAO decision OCT142020_02B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT142020_02B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT142020_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-10-14 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: De novo appeal from denial. AAO found national Olympic-team selection satisfied membership criterion and total record established sustained acclaim/top-of-field.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: AAO appeal or motion as described in source; director_findings: De novo appeal from denial. AAO found national Olympic-team selection satisfied membership criterion and total record established sustained acclaim/top-of-field. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal sustained; petition approved.', 'basis': 'Evidence of Olympic-team selection, championship participation, rankings, and national federation selection established membership and final merits; AAO sustained appeal. (pp. 2–4)', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | AAO found petitioner distinguished in field and among small percentage at top, based on Olympic selection and competitive record. (pp. 3–4) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Strong comparison for Olympic-team selection as association membership plus final-merits evidence in track and field.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent and fact-specific; distinguish criterion findings from final merits and preserve remand posture.'}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Final Merits research
Remand research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.