专业协会会员资格的要求

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I. 专业协会会员资格的要求

USCIS要求会员在其领域有突出的成就，其会员资格由知名的国内，国际专家审核。美国移民局对此没有明确的规范，但这些年来众多的案例可以作为我们的指导。

A. 会员资格的要求

AAO规定此会员资格必须在这样一个专业协会，此协会要求会员在其领域有突出的成就。对科学家和艺术家，满足这一要求是困难的，因为大多数协会希望有许多成员，只有极少数会员协会限制只对特殊能力，杰出的人。因此，AAO并不认为有很多成员的知名协会如美国癌症研究协会，美国齿颚矫正，纽约科学院，或西格玛赛协会，都不满足美国移民局的标准。

对于有高度成就的运动员，成员资格的要求更容易满足，因为他们可以利用其运动队最为协会。在过去的情况下，移民局规定这种成就水平一般需要维持在一个专业的运动队的水平，或者是国奥队，因为它与专业运动队是相当的，同样需要队员有相当协会的成就。

B. 非会员资格

移民局已明确表示，会员的就职情况，一个领域的学术活动，固定的最低教育（甚至博士学位），一定经验，标准化考试成绩，平均成绩，同行的推荐，或会费的缴纳，这些都不符合移民局会员资格的要求。因此，有高通过率的协会通常都不会被认可。

此外，本地小规模协会的成员，或协会仅仅是限制性的，也没有资格。

最后，移民局指出，协会或其成员的成就，声望是无关紧要的，只有对会员资格的要求的才是考虑的重点。

C. 结论

EB-1会员的资格要求申请者有很杰出的学术成就。本律师事务所会竭尽所能帮助申请者达到这个要求。

I. THE MEMBERSHIP NECESSARY FOR EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY

USCIS requires that the membership must require outstanding achievements, as judged by national or international experts. USCIS does not specifically state which membership qualifies, but AAO gives some guidance.

A. AAO’s Membership Requirement

AAO stated that the membership must be in an association that requires outstanding achievements to become a member. As such, the AAO does not consider memberships in large, well-known associations such as, American Association for Cancer Research, American Association of Orthodontists, New York Academy of Sciences, or Sigma Xi, to be adequate.

For highly accomplished athletes, the membership requirement is easy to meet because they can use their team as the association. In past cases, AAO has ruled that professional sports team, or an Olympic team, is the equivalent of an association requiring outstanding achievements. In re Petitioner (file number not released) (AAO), In re Petitioner WAC-02-161-51678 (AAO).

B. Non-Qualifying Membership

AAO has made it clear that membership requirements based on employment, minimum education, certain amount of experience, standardized test scores, grade point averages, recommendations by peers, or payment of dues, do not qualify the membership as requiring outstanding achievements. In re Petitioner WAC-01-256-52882 (AAO).

In addition, a membership that is local in nature, or is merely restrictive, would also not qualify. In re Petitioner WAC-02-228-50750 (AAO).

Finally, the AAO noted that the prestige of the association or the achievements of its members are irrelevant, because only the requirement for the membership is considered. In re Petitioner WAC-02-169-50172 (AAO).

C. Conclusion

Membership useful for EB-1 must require outstanding achievement. Only then would it be possible to show that the person is an alien of extraordinary ability. When faced with qualification issue, our law office will use supplementing criteria to meet the requirements.

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