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EB-1A membership — AAO decision MAR212024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR212024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Two criteria were accepted (published material and artistic display), but AAO rejected membership selectivity, major-significance contributions and leading/critical role, leaving fewer than three; aggregate review did not show acclaim. No formal second-step final-merits analysis was required.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR212024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 21, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts/business; fashion designer pursuing sustainable apparel |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not coded in the normalized review fields |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two criteria were accepted (published material and artistic display), but AAO rejected membership selectivity, major-significance contributions and leading/critical role, leaving fewer than three; aggregate review did not show acclaim. No formal second-step final-merits analysis was required.
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 met |
Published material about the person | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Pinpoint page citations appear in each criterion basis; page-by-page coverage is recorded below.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Fashion-design comparison emphasizing impact on the field vs. benefit to one business and independently documented association selectivity. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
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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