Matter of I-A-P-, ID# 936944 (AAO Aug. 26, 2020)
Aug 26, 2020OUTCOME: I-290B Appeal Sustained
As the Attorney for the Petitioner, an internationally prominent fashion model, Soo Jee Lee successfully challenged an EB-1/I-140 denial issued by the USCIS Nebraska Service Center (NSC). Against a nar ... rowly projected astronomical appellate success rate of 3% - 10%, the adverse USCIS field office decision was reversed. The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), otherwise known as "Against All Odds," sustained the appeal and ordered the NSC to issue an approval. In plain language, we fought USCIS and won. Matter of I-A-P-, ID# 936944 (AAO Aug. 26, 2020) (fashion model’s appeal sustained.) Decision soon to be published and accessible, pending release. The last Nebraska Service Center denial that was reversed was in Matter of M-D-, ID# 2590356 (AAO Apr. 2, 2019) (model’s appeal sustained) The last AAO decision sustaining a fashion model's EB-1/I-140 appeal was reversing a Texas Service Center's denial in Matter of R-P-D-S-, ID# 15762 (AAO Mar. 10, 2016) (model’s appeal sustained). AAO Appeal Decision Statistics https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/AAO_Data_for_Publishing_Thru_FY19.pdf
