AITEX Advancing Technology Together: membership for O-1
AITEX Advancing Technology Together (international association for IT professionals)
Association
A reference card from our catalog.
From the organisation's official site
What the organisation itself states on its site aitex.tech. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.
- Organiser
- The Association of Information Technology Experts (AITEX) is an association of IT professionals; it also runs the AITEX Summit hackathons.
- Country
- USA: the association says it was established in California, with an address in Sacramento.
- Who can join
- You need a CV or LinkedIn showing at least 5 years in IT and evidence for 4 sub-criteria (impact on the profession, body of work, standing in the community).
- How admission works
- The AITEX team verifies the application with the supporters, then an assessor (sometimes a second one) evaluates it; per the site it takes about a month. A member's endorsement is preferred.
- Membership levels
- Two levels: Associate (verified excellence in 3 areas) and Council (5+ areas and nomination by a Council or Managing Member).
- Fees
- The site says joining requires "more than financial commitment", but no fee amount is given on the pages read.
- Members
- According to the site, members come from 20+ countries; the full member list is closed, only a name search is available.
- Geography
- The site says it brings together professionals from the US, Europe and the CIS.
Source: the organisation's site aitex.tech (pages /, /about), checked Oct 2, 2026; the version on the site applies.
What officers look at: 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3)(ii) - admission terms and bylaws
Facts from open sources
- Membership terms
- page on the site [own site]
Collected automatically from the sources shown, checked 2026-09-09; not a USCIS assessment.
Membership in AITEX Advancing Technology Together (international association for IT professionals) counts under the membership criterion only if admission requires outstanding achievement judged by recognized experts; paid membership does not qualify.
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Why "Membership" gets refused
Accepted in 12% of challenged petitions (22 of 188); not an approval rate.
The entry requirements do not amount to outstanding achievement. A fee, years of experience, a degree or a member’s referral is not the threshold this criterion demands.
All refusal grounds and the sample