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EB-1A membership — AAO decision MAY202021_01B2203: Dismissed after withdrawal. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY202021_01B2203: Dismissed after withdrawal. Petitioner did not address adverse information; AAO entered willful material-misrepresentation finding related to CBIA membership.
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 EB-1A appellate/motion decision; sensitive misrepresentation issue; special handling.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY202021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 20, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A AAO non-precedent decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of dismissal of combined motions; petitioner requested withdrawal after NOID; AAO granted withdrawal and separately found willful material misrepresentation. |
Operative disposition | dismissed_after_withdrawal |
Final-merits status | Not reached; withdrawal controlled disposition; separate membership-related material-misrepresentation finding. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner did not address adverse information; AAO entered willful material-misrepresentation finding related to CBIA membership.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Investigation found CBIA did not admit individuals / have known senior-member category; submitted certificate lacked seal and translation was altered/incomplete.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Petitioner did not address adverse information; AAO entered willful material-misrepresentation finding related to CBIA membership.; pages: 1; 2; 4; 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_aggregation: ; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Exclude from routine aggregation; any page must foreground withdrawal and specific membership-related misrepresentation finding.; recommended_use: individual case page with source PDF citations; aggregation only if eligible and caveats preserved
Page-level source trail
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PDF page 6 — Operative conclusion/order and disposition; read and visually inspected.
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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