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Industry Lists, Interviews and Company Patents: A Shipping Executive’s EB-1A Appeal
The AAO found gaps in personal attribution and several claimed criteria, withdrew an authorship finding, and addressed undisclosed machine-translation reasoning below.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago3 min read
A Million Followers and Prior O-1 Status: Why This Culinary Creator’s EB-1A Appeal Failed
The AAO found inappropriate pay comparisons and an insufficient comparable-evidence showing, while reserving the role criterion and formal final merits review.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago3 min read
Media Coverage, a Critical Role and High Pay Were Accepted—Yet This Chef’s EB-1A Appeal Failed
The AAO reversed three initial-criteria findings but dismissed the executive chef’s appeal after assessing sustained acclaim in the total record.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago3 min read
An Inconsistent Publication Date Became a Material-Misrepresentation Finding
The AAO dismissed a nurse’s EB-1A appeal and made a willful material-misrepresentation finding after notice and an inadequate response to conflicting publication records.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago4 min read
ChatGPT Summaries, Uncertified Translations and an AI Researcher’s EB-1A Appeal
The AAO questioned reliability and evidentiary fit across several criteria, while reserving judging, authorship and final merits. It did not announce a categorical ban on AI tools.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago3 min read
Three EB-1B Criteria Were Accepted. Why Did the AI Researcher’s Petition Still Fail?
The AAO distinguished initial criteria from international recognition as outstanding and assessed patents, citations, employer letters and conference-review evidence.
Blumsack & Canzano
6 days ago3 min read
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