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EB-1A membership — AAO decision SEP192017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed based on petitioner’s withdrawal; AAO made a willful material-misrepresentation…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP192017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed based on petitioner’s withdrawal; AAO made a willful material-misrepresentation finding relevant to future admissibility proceedings. USCIS verification found submitted membership and judging documents were falsified and other evidence contained material inconsistencies; petitioner did not rebut. AAO found knowing/willful/material misrepresentation. This is not a standard merits denial and should not be presented as an ordinary criterion comparison.
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 | SEP192017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 19, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A business; road-construction entrepreneur |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; during appeal AAO issued NOID based on overseas verification; petitioner requested withdrawal rather than rebutting derogatory information. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed based on petitioner’s withdrawal; AAO made a willful material-misrepresentation finding relevant to future admissibility proceedings. |
Final-merits status | Not coded in the normalized review fields |
What the AAO decision addressed
USCIS verification found submitted membership and judging documents were falsified and other evidence contained material inconsistencies; petitioner did not rebut. AAO found knowing/willful/material misrepresentation. This is not a standard merits denial and should not be presented as an ordinary criterion comparison.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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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 met |
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 | unclear |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: High-risk, cautionary case. Any content must accurately state that this is a withdrawn appeal with an explicit willful material-misrepresentation finding; exclude from ordinary denial trends or criterion success rates. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
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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