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O-1A appeals — Remanded

Browse 6 AAO decisions where O-1A appeals were remanded. Learn what evidence worked and what failed.

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APR022026_02D8101 ·2026-04-02

The AAO remanded an O-1A petition for a badminton player seeking to work as a coach after SCOPS overlooked evidence of his national team membership and failed to assess whether coaching falls within his area of extraordinary ability.

FEB262024_01D8101 ·2024-02-26

The AAO remanded an O-1A denial for a professional showjumping horse groom, finding the Director failed to properly analyze whether the occupation falls within 'athletics' and did not adequately evaluate comparable evidence arguments.

APR062023_01D8101 ·2023-04-06

AAO remanded an O-1A denial for a Colombian professional soccer player hired as a soccer director at a children's sports camp, finding the Director wrongly ignored all of her athletic career evidence.

JAN172023_01D8101 ·2023-01-17

The AAO remanded this O-1A petition for an MMA athletic trainer after finding the Director wrongly concluded no evidence was submitted with the RFE response — delivery records proved otherwise.

NOV012022_01D8101 ·2022-11-01

The AAO remanded this O-1A extension petition after finding the Director improperly entered a willful misrepresentation finding without adequately considering the Petitioner's rebuttal evidence, and never evaluated whether the Beneficiary qualified as a person of extraordinary ability in business.

MAR252015_01D8101 ·2015-03-25

The AAO withdrew the Vermont Service Center director's revocation of an approved O-1 nonimmigrant petition and remanded the case for a new merits decision.