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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision SEP242020_10B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: The AAO {‘outcome’: ‘Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded.’, ‘basis’: ‘The motion was timely: the denial was mailed September 12, 2019, and filing on October 18 fell within 33 days because the 30-day deadline ended on a weekend/holiday. Director must address all evidence and final-merits issues. (pp. 2–3)’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3]} 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 | SEP242020_10B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-09-24 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal from denial and dismissal of combined motions as untimely. Director’s date calculation was erroneous; AAO withdrew decision and Remanded all arguments/evidence for a new decision.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; classification: appeal_or_motion_as_described_in_identity; director_findings: Appeal from denial and dismissal of combined motions as untimely. Director’s date calculation was erroneous; AAO withdrew decision and Remanded all arguments/evidence for a new decision. |
Operative disposition | {‘outcome’: ‘Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded.’, ‘basis’: ‘The motion was timely: the denial was mailed September 12, 2019, and filing on October 18 fell within 33 days because the 30-day deadline ended on a weekend/holiday. Director must address all evidence and final-merits issues. (pp. 2–3)’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3]} |
Final-merits status | Although the underlying Director had found four criteria and conducted a final-merits denial, AAO did not decide the merits; it Remanded because motions were timely. |
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 | Not reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — 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 narrow procedural comparison for deadline computation/weekend extension and effect on merits remand; do not import underlying Director’s criteria conclusions as AAO holdings.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent decision; compare only the precise evidence and procedural posture reviewed.'}
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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