All EB-1A appeals
EB-1A appeals: Engineering
94 real anonymized AAO decisions on the EB-1A talent visa in Engineering - 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: 74 (79%) · remanded: 19 (20%) · sustained: 1 (1%)
Criteria in this field
Counted most: Scholarly authorship, Judging, Leading role; NOT counted most: Original contribution, Awards, Membership
All cases (94)
- Chemical Engineering (Nondestructive Testing)2025 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/4
- Mechanic (Trucks and Heavy Machinery)2025 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/3
- Mechanical Engineering/Product Development & Design (Footwear)2025 · case remanded · criteria 5/5
- Civil Engineering and Construction Management2025 · case remanded · criteria 0/0
- Materials Science and Engineering (Optics and Photonics)2025 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/3
- Electrical Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/3
- Materials and Science Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/3
- Process Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/6
- Electrical Engineering/Emergency Vehicle Signaling2024 · case remanded · criteria 6/6
- Engineering (Spacecraft Life Support Systems)2024 · case remanded · criteria 7/7
- Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Civil Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/6
- Engineering (Drilling Engineering, Oil and Gas Exploration/Production)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/7
- Quality Control Engineering (Automotive)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/5
- Civil Engineering2024 · case remanded · criteria 6/6
- Stage Construction and Engineering as it applies to Art, Theatre, and Film Production2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/5
- Autonomous Systems and Robotics Engineering2024 · case remanded · criteria 2/3
- Sciences (specifically Nanofluid/Mechanical Engineering)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/4
- Mechanical Engineering and Research2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/2
- Petroleum Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/4
- Mechanical Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/5
- Civil Engineering2024 · case remanded · criteria 3/4
- Telematics Systems Engineer2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Data Center/Network Engineer in the Pharmaceutical Industry2024 · case remanded · criteria 3/3
- Engineering (Drilling Engineering)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/4
- Civil Engineering (Structural Fire Engineering)2024 · case remanded · criteria 5/5
- Biomedical Engineering / Optical Technology2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/2
- Biomedical Engineering/Research2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/2
- Construction and Architectural Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/1
- Data Center/Network Engineer (Pharmaceutical Industry)2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Architecture and Civil Engineering2024 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/5
- Packaging Engineering2023 · case remanded · criteria 3/3
- Research Scientist (Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering)2023 · case remanded · criteria 4/4
- Recording Engineer and Producer2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/6
- Technology Engineering and Entrepreneurship2023 · appeal sustained · criteria 4/4
- Sound Engineer/Technical Director2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/1
- Mechanical Engineering2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Electrical Engineering2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/7
- Sound Engineering/Technical Direction2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/1
- Electrical Engineering2023 · case remanded · criteria 3/4
- Petroleum Engineering2023 · case remanded · criteria 6/6
- Bioengineering and Nanotechnology2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/4
- Composite Materials (initially identified as Aerospace Engineering)2023 · case remanded · criteria 3/3
- Electrical Engineering2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/3
- Engineering (mechanical, aeronautical, and aerospace)2023 · case remanded · criteria 3/7
- Mechanical Engineering2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Civil Engineering2023 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/4
- Printing Engineering2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/5
- Engineering (Mechanical/Automotive)2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Engineering2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Aerospace technology and modelling2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/6
- Researcher (Information Science and Engineering)2022 · case remanded · criteria 3/3
- Sound Engineering2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/4
- Engineering2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/6
- Mechanical Engineering2022 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Mechanical Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/3
- Mechanical Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Robotics2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/6
- Civil Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/6
- robotics2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Engineering2021 · case remanded · criteria 2/5
- Electrical Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Engineer/Vehicle Design2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/4
- Audio Engineering2021 · case remanded · criteria 1/2
- Industrial Engineer2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/5
- Engineer2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/6
- Applied Mechanics Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/6
- Environmental and Chemical/Petroleum Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/3
- Chemical Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/5
- Applied Mechanics Engineering2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/5
- Business (specifically, managing international engineering and manufacturing enterprises in the energy industry)2021 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/5
- geotechnical engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/7
- civil engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/4
- Civil Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/8
- Testing and Commissioning Engineer2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/6
- Recording Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/1
- Pharmaceutical Science / Engineering (unclear)2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/4
- Civil Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 1/4
- Business (Engineering Innovations and Business Development of Industrial and Defense Equipment)2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/6
- Thermal power generation systems / Engineering2020 · case remanded · criteria 4/8
- Mechanical Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/4
- Electrical Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/3
- Computational Imaging / Electrical Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/6
- Wireless Communications Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 6/6
- Electrical equipment maintenance and electronic communication specialist2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/0
- Sciences (specifically Materials Science and Engineering)2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/5
- Mechanical Engineering/Robotics2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/4
- Environmental Science and Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/5
- Civil and Environmental Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 2/3
- Biomedical Science/Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/7
- Managed pressure drilling engineer2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
- Mastering Engineer (Audio)2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 0/3
- Wireless Engineering2020 · appeal dismissed · criteria 4/4
- Mechanical Engineeringappeal dismissed · criteria 3/6
FAQ
- How do EB-1A appeals in Engineering usually end?
- Of 94 cases in the base: 74 dismissed (79%), 19 remanded (20%), 1 sustained (1%). These are appeals - mostly denials; you cannot derive visa approval odds from them.
- Which criteria are counted most often in Engineering?
- Counted most often: Scholarly authorship (52), Judging (51), Leading role (24). NOT counted most often: Original contribution (49), Awards (35), Membership (29).
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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.