All EB-1A appeals
EB-1A appeals: Beauty
19 real anonymized AAO decisions on the EB-1A talent visa in Beauty - with the criteria and reasons broken down per case. These are appeals (mostly denials): a base for studying real reasons, not approval statistics.
Outcomes
Dismissed: 14 (74%) · remanded: 4 (21%) · sustained: 1 (5%)
Criteria in this field
Counted most: Judging, Exhibitions, High remuneration; NOT counted most: Published material about you, Awards, Leading role
All cases (19)
- Arts (Makeup Artist)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/5
- Makeup Artistry/Beauty Training2024 · case remanded · criteria 0/0
- Modeling2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/4
- Business (Distributor of natural hair cosmetic products)2024 · case remanded · criteria 0/0
- Performing Arts (Makeup Artist)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/3
- Beauty/Eyelash Artistry2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/8
- Fashion Modeling2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/7
- Fashion Modeling2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/8
- Arts (Makeup Artist/Micropigmentation Specialist)2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Fashion Modeling2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/4
- Arts (Makeup Artist)2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/6
- Biomolecular computational modeling2023 · case remanded · criteria 3/5
- Hair Styling2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/5
- Hair Styling2022 · case remanded · criteria 4/4
- Image Consulting/Beauty Pageant Coaching2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/5
- Fashion Modeling2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/6
- Fashion Modeling2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/1
- Makeup Artist2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/6
- Fashion Modeling2020 · appeal sustained · criteria 3/3
FAQ
- How do EB-1A appeals in Beauty usually end?
- Of 19 cases in the base: 14 dismissed (74%), 4 remanded (21%), 1 sustained (5%). These are appeals - mostly denials; you cannot derive visa approval odds from them.
- Which criteria are counted most often in Beauty?
- Counted most often: Judging (7), Exhibitions (6), High remuneration (2). NOT counted most often: Published material about you (12), Awards (8), Leading role (8).
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Based on: 1,242 AAO EB-1A appeal decisions · issued Jan 2020 - Feb 2025 · USCIS: AAO non-precedent decisions · all decisions
Sources
Public anonymized AAO decisions. Reference information, not legal advice; the appeal sample skews toward denials and does not reflect approval odds.