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EB-1AEB-1A · High remunerationEstablishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Other
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · High remuneration
high salary
Why the evidence was persuasive
AAO found that the Petitioner commanded a high salary relative to other fashion models, satisfying the high salary criterion, contrary to the director's finding.
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AAO found that the Petitioner commanded a high salary relative to other fashion models, satisfying the high salary criterion, contrary to the director's finding.
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AAO found that the reference letters, citation counts, and peer review activity, while showing the significance of the Petitioner's contributions, did not demonstrate sustained acclaim. The letters were prepared for the petition, citation counts lacked comparative benchmarks in his field, and peer review certificates did not indicate the quality or quantity suggestive of top-level acclaim.
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AAO found that the reference letters, citation counts, and peer review activity, while showing the significance of the Petitioner's contributions, did not demonstrate sustained acclaim. The letters were prepared for the petition, citation counts lacked comparative benchmarks in his field, and peer review certificates did not indicate the quality or quantity suggestive of top-level acclaim.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Leading / critical roleNot established
Case facts
Business / Management
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Leading / critical role
leading or critical role for organizations or establishments with a distinguished reputation
Why AAO was not persuaded
The AAO agreed that none of the evidence demonstrated a leading or critical role: as sole agent, the Petitioner's role was not shown to be important to the company's overall success; as a sales executive, letters showed above-average performance but not a critical role; and the Petitioner failed to submit specific evidence of the companies' distinguished reputations, instead directing the Director to search the internet.
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The AAO agreed that none of the evidence demonstrated a leading or critical role: as sole agent, the Petitioner's role was not shown to be important to the company's overall success; as a sales executive, letters showed above-average performance but not a critical role; and the Petitioner failed to submit specific evidence of the companies' distinguished reputations, instead directing the Director to search the internet.
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published material about the alien in professional or major trade publications or other major media
Why AAO was not persuaded
Although the AAO agreed the Director analyzed the wrong material, the AAO independently found the advertisement did not qualify: the Petitioner is not mentioned in the caption, the material is not about him, it is an advertisement (not published material written by others), and it lacks an identified author as required.
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Although the AAO agreed the Director analyzed the wrong material, the AAO independently found the advertisement did not qualify: the Petitioner is not mentioned in the caption, the material is not about him, it is an advertisement (not published material written by others), and it lacks an identified author as required.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Original contributionsNot established
Case facts
Business / Management
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Original contributions
original contributions of major significance in the field
Why AAO was not persuaded
The Petitioner did not articulate what impact leading a company supplying parts to Pakistan's military had on the broader field of business, and did not show that the agency contract or resulting litigation constituted original contributions to the field or influenced it beyond the two parties involved.
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The Petitioner did not articulate what impact leading a company supplying parts to Pakistan's military had on the broader field of business, and did not show that the agency contract or resulting litigation constituted original contributions to the field or influenced it beyond the two parties involved.
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The AAO found that the Petitioner provided no documentary evidence of specific instances of judging others' work, and his claim that judging competitors' products through an agency agreement or judging workers performing engineering tasks did not demonstrate judging the work of other sales and marketing executives in the field.
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The AAO found that the Petitioner provided no documentary evidence of specific instances of judging others' work, and his claim that judging competitors' products through an agency agreement or judging workers performing engineering tasks did not demonstrate judging the work of other sales and marketing executives in the field.
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The Petitioner did not establish that he authored the advertisement (no author name appears), and the advertisement is not scholarly in nature — it describes a product in plain terms not requiring profound business knowledge.
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The Petitioner did not establish that he authored the advertisement (no author name appears), and the advertisement is not scholarly in nature — it describes a product in plain terms not requiring profound business knowledge.
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EB-1AEB-1A · High remunerationNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Social Sciences
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · High remuneration
high salary
Why AAO was not persuaded
The comparison salary data was unreliable due to its third-hand nature, limited sample of 38 start-up enterprises, and lack of regional breakdown. Even if taken at face value, the data indicated mean salaries near RMB 800,000 and 75th-percentile earners at just above RMB 1 million, suggesting the Petitioner's salary is not high but merely above average. The claimed undistributed profits were unsupported.
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The comparison salary data was unreliable due to its third-hand nature, limited sample of 38 start-up enterprises, and lack of regional breakdown. Even if taken at face value, the data indicated mean salaries near RMB 800,000 and 75th-percentile earners at just above RMB 1 million, suggesting the Petitioner's salary is not high but merely above average. The claimed undistributed profits were unsupported.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Published materialNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Social Sciences
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Published material
published material
Why AAO was not persuaded
China Profiles did not include circulation figures to establish it as major media. The Beijing Morning Post articles had significant discrepancies with the China Profiles article, with identical passages appearing across articles with different claimed dates, authors, and publishers. The Beijing Evening News article lacked an author name and was not verifiable as published in that paper.…
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China Profiles did not include circulation figures to establish it as major media. The Beijing Morning Post articles had significant discrepancies with the China Profiles article, with identical passages appearing across articles with different claimed dates, authors, and publishers. The Beijing Evening News article lacked an author name and was not verifiable as published in that paper. Baidu-sourced circulation data was given no weight as it comes from a user-edited encyclopedia.
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The record lacked documentation that any shows or movies received nationally or internationally recognized prizes. Further, even if they had, the regulation requires the alien's own receipt of the award, not a show or movie's receipt. No corroboration was provided for the theatre festival diplomas, nor was national or international recognition of those diplomas demonstrated.
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The record lacked documentation that any shows or movies received nationally or internationally recognized prizes. Further, even if they had, the regulation requires the alien's own receipt of the award, not a show or movie's receipt. No corroboration was provided for the theatre festival diplomas, nor was national or international recognition of those diplomas demonstrated.
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