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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV212024_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV212024_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Petitioner did not provide documentation of membership in IAENG; asserting membership and describing its standards is insufficient. AAO reserves leading-role and remuneration issues because membership failure leaves the record below three criteria. Appeal dismissed; no final-merits determination.
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 | NOV212024_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 21, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field: web developer and digital designer. |
Procedural posture | Appeal after denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "Membership=not met; leading/critical role=not reached; high salary=not reached. Final merits=not reached." |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner did not provide documentation of membership in IAENG; asserting membership and describing its standards is insufficient. AAO reserves leading-role and remuneration issues because membership failure leaves the record below three criteria. Appeal dismissed; no final-merits determination.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
PDF p. 1: Cover identifies web developer/digital designer and Nov. 21, 2024 appeal.
PDF p. 2: Director found none of three claimed criteria; AAO reviews IAENG membership claim.
PDF p. 3: No membership documentation or proof petitioner held qualifying Fellow grade; remaining role and salary criteria reserved.
PDF p. 4: Aggregate record insufficient; appeal dismissed without final-merits step.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow comparator for proving actual association membership and qualifying grade rather than relying only on an association’s general standards. Eligible for an individual source-grounded decision page with explicit posture, criterion states, final-merits status, and page citations; do not imply a remand is an approval.
Editorial use note: Eligible for an individual source-grounded decision page with explicit posture, criterion states, final-merits status, and page citations; do not imply a remand is an approval.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Cover identifies web developer/digital designer and Nov. 21, 2024 appeal.
PDF page 2 — Director found none of three claimed criteria; AAO reviews IAENG membership claim.
PDF page 4 — Aggregate record insufficient; appeal dismissed without final-merits step.
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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