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EB-1A remand — AAO decision SEP222021_01B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP222021_01B2203: 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 | SEP222021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2021-09-22 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO sustained appeal and found petitioner eligible; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO sustained appeal and found petitioner eligible; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; AAO findings distinguished from Director/SCOPS findings. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal sustained; petition approved.', 'basis': 'AAO found the petitioner met at least three criteria, including award, published material, and judging, and its final-merits analysis credited sustained performance, recognition, and coverage. The appeal was sustained.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | AAO found sustained national/international acclaim and extraordinary ability on the totality of the record. |
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 | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Useful narrow comparison for screen actors with award, press, and judging evidence; distinguish award-category prestige and individualized evidence.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision. Remand is not approval. Exclude procedural/classification cases from substantive merits outcome aggregation. Historical records require legal-temporal context.'}
Page-level source trail
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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.
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