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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision OCT272023_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded for final-merits determination. Review…
Decision summary: The AAO director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for final-merits determination. AAO finds contributions, leading/critical role, and remuneration criteria met based on product strategy/market impact, leadership in distinguished business, and comparative salary evidence. Final merits remains for Director to determine sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing in 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: in_scope_EB1A_procedural. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT272023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 27, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; appeal decision |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal; petitioner claims original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary. AAO finds all three criteria established and remands for final merits. |
Operative disposition | Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for final-merits determination. |
Final-merits status | not reached by AAO; remand for final-merits review |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds contributions, leading/critical role, and remuneration criteria met based on product strategy/market impact, leadership in distinguished business, and comparative salary evidence. Final merits remains for Director to determine sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing in 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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner provides business, computing, and human-capital management solutions; field is corporate product strategy.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Director initially found only leading/critical role; AAO reviews original contributions and high salary as well.; pages: 2
claim: AAO finds original contributions of major significance based on product/market impact and high salary based on compensation evidence.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Three initial criteria established; AAO withdraws decision and remands for a totality/final-merits determination.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_procedural_context_only
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Claims, Director finding, and original-contribution evidence.
PDF page 4 — Salary analysis, three criteria found, final-merits remand order.
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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