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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAY172018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY172018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Membership agency lacked shown admission requirements and expert selection; publications/images were not about petitioner or in qualifying media; event role letters conflicted and did not show leadership or critical contribution to a distinguished organization.
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Scope classification from review: EB-1A source; substantive decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY172018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 17, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal dismissed |
Procedural posture | AAO found membership, published material, and leading/critical role not met; petitioner waived high salary and commercial success; denied threshold and noted total record did not show required expertise. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached formally; threshold not met. AAO additionally found total record did not show required acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Membership agency lacked shown admission requirements and expert selection; publications/images were not about petitioner or in qualifying media; event role letters conflicted and did not show leadership or critical contribution to a distinguished organization.
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 met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met |
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 met |
High salary or remuneration | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dates Matter of M-K- May 17, 2018; petitioner is a model.; pages: 1
claim: Petitioner appealed membership and leading/critical role findings and challenged published-material determination; high-salary and commercial-success claims were no longer asserted.; pages: 2
claim: AAO found membership requirements and expert evaluation evidence insufficient.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found publications/advertisements and photo shoots did not constitute qualifying published material about petitioner.; pages: 3
claim: AAO found event letter did not identify petitioner’s precise role and conflicted with her account; leading/critical role not established.; pages: 3; 4
claim: AAO dismissed appeal because three criteria were not established.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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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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