EB-1ABusiness and managementIndividualDecided December 2025Dismissed
Outcome: Dismissed
DEC012025_02B2203
High salaryMetJudgingMetLeading or critical roleMetPublished materialMetFinal meritsNot met
Our summary
An electric vehicle automotive business strategist with eighteen years' experience in Venezuela and Colombia self-petitioned for EB-1A extraordinary ability. Petitioner met four evidentiary criteria but AAO upheld denial, finding insufficient evidence of sustained national or international acclaim or placement among small percentage at field's very top.
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What the AAO accepted
- High salary · Record supports finding that petitioner commanded high salary relative to others in field
- Judging · Record supports finding that petitioner satisfied criterion for judging others' work
- Leading or critical role · Record supports finding that petitioner performed leading or critical role for distinguished organizations
- Published material · Record supports finding that petitioner satisfied criterion for published material about him in field
What was missing
- Final merits · Petitioner demonstrated some acclaim but not sustained national or international acclaim placing him among small percentage at field's very top; one year of media coverage insufficient for sustained acclaim
Criteria
| Criterion | Reading | Why |
|---|---|---|
 High salary | Met | Record supports finding that petitioner commanded high salary relative to others in field |
 Judging | Met | Record supports finding that petitioner satisfied criterion for judging others' work |
 Leading or critical role | Met | Record supports finding that petitioner performed leading or critical role for distinguished organizations |
 Published material | Met | Record supports finding that petitioner satisfied criterion for published material about him in field |
 Final merits | Not met | Petitioner demonstrated some acclaim but not sustained national or international acclaim placing him among small percentage at field's very top; one year of media coverage insufficient for sustained acclaim |
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