Outcome: Dismissed
JUL162024_01B2203
Our summary
Fashion and lifestyle blogger seeking EB-1A extraordinary ability classification. Claimed eight criteria beyond leading role already conceded. AAO affirmed director's findings that awards lacked field recognition, memberships did not qualify, published material source was not major media, and judging post-dated filing. Appeal dismissed for failing three-criterion threshold.
Official PDF
Official PDF ↗Published by USCIS. The summary is ours, in our own words; the decision text is on uscis.gov.
What the AAO accepted
- Leading or critical role · Director found petitioner satisfied this criterion; AAO did not disturb this finding
What was missing
- Awards · YouTube Silver Creator award given to 24,000 of 300,000+ eligible channels; lacks national or international recognition in fashion blogging field
- Judging · Top Blog competition judging occurred after petition filing; did not precede or coincide with initial filing
- Membership · Membership organizations do not qualify as associations in fashion and lifestyle blogging field
- Published material · Howtogreen.ru article about petitioner but publication not shown to be major trade publication or major media
Criteria
| Criterion | Reading | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Met | Director found petitioner satisfied this criterion; AAO did not disturb this finding | |
| Not met | YouTube Silver Creator award given to 24,000 of 300,000+ eligible channels; lacks national or international recognition in fashion blogging field | |
| Not met | Top Blog competition judging occurred after petition filing; did not precede or coincide with initial filing | |
| Not met | Membership organizations do not qualify as associations in fashion and lifestyle blogging field | |
| Not met | Howtogreen.ru article about petitioner but publication not shown to be major trade publication or major media | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed as display but not analyzed | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed | |
| Not reached / not discussed | Petitioner failed to satisfy three-criterion threshold; final merits step not reached |
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