Regulatory language: "Evidence satisfying criterion v under the EB-1A regulatory framework." — 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3)(v)
Specific documented evidence — see recent remanded cases for patterns that satisfied officers on appeal
Generic praise without specifics — letters without concrete examples of impact routinely fail
Officers cannot add requirements beyond the regulation.
The AAO remanded an EB-1A petition for a CEO in AI and mobile telecom, finding the Director overlooked scholarly article
An EB-1A petition by a researcher in information science and engineering was remanded after the AAO reversed the Directo
A packaging engineer's EB-1A petition was remanded after the AAO found the Director wrongly rejected three criteria — ju
An immunology researcher's EB-1A petition was remanded after the AAO found she met a third evidentiary criterion (origin
An EB-1A petition for a biophysicist and biotech CEO was ultimately approved after a federal court reversed the AAO's pr
An EB-1A petition for a senior software engineer at an autonomous vehicle company was dismissed because the petitioner c
The AAO sustained an EB-1A appeal for an economist with a 20+ year career, finding the Director made factual errors and
The AAO sustained an EB-1A appeal for a senior vaccine industry executive, finding that expert letters and corroborating
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