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EB-1A final merits — AAO decision JUN282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. AAO agreed that membership and original contributions were met, withdrew the favorable published-material finding, and found leading/critical role was not met. It conducted final merits and dismissed; internal and school-based influence did not establish sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 2–7).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN282018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 28, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | Business strategy and leadership; beneficiary described as a business-school graduate and product/strategy professional, including work on an internal strategy newsletter and leadership initiatives. |
Procedural posture | Matter of L-Corp.; appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 filed by a professional networking company. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. |
Final-merits status | Reached; adverse. AAO found that the beneficiary’s newsletter, leadership framework readership, internal initiatives, and influence at business school did not establish sustained national/international acclaim or being among the small percentage at the top (pp. 3–7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO agreed that membership and original contributions were met, withdrew the favorable published-material finding, and found leading/critical role was not met. It conducted final merits and dismissed; internal and school-based influence did not establish sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 2–7).
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 | met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful business leadership comparator for association membership, internal innovation versus field-wide acclaim, internal readership metrics, and distinction between initial criterion satisfaction and final merits. Individual Matter of L-Corp. case page; explain the two-step result explicitly.
Editorial use note: Individual Matter of L-Corp. case page; explain the two-step result explicitly.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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