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AAO concluded the LLC was treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes, so disclosure was relevant, but the evidence (small non-voting share, company size, beneficiary's duties) suggested no influence over the labor certification process. Because one regulatory documentation requirement was unmet, AAO remanded for a totality-of-the-circumstances evaluation rather than affirming invalidation.

EDGE establishes that a three-year post-high-school diploma from Uzbekistan (pre-2000, when bachelor's degrees were first awarded there) is equivalent only to vocational or specialized high school completion in the U.S. The two credential evaluations in the record were conflicting and unsigned, reducing their probative value. Under Matter of Shah, a three-year degree generally does not constitute the foreign equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree.

Multiple experience letters overlap with each other and with the beneficiary's claimed self-employment, suggesting simultaneous full-time positions. Tax returns show inconsistent company names versus the labor certification. The petitioner provided no response to the NOID on these discrepancies and did not address the issue on motion.

AAO relied on EDGE, a peer-reviewed source of foreign credential equivalencies, which classifies the Maitrise as comparable to a U.S. bachelor's degree and the CAPES as comparable to a U.S. bachelor's degree in secondary education. The petitioner's evidence was internally inconsistent — letters from the Cultural Attaché claiming the CAPES equals a master's degree were undermined by letters from faculty and an academic director stating that teachers must hold both a master's degree and the CAPES, indicating the CAPES is a separate credential.

AAO relied on AACRAO EDGE and direct consultation with AACRAO to find that a Filipino Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy—even a five-year program—is comparable to a U.S. bachelor's degree, not a master's degree. Length of study alone does not elevate a bachelor's-level program to master's equivalency. The private credential evaluations were not credible or corroborated, and neither the NBCOT certification nor Georgia licensure constitutes a determination of advanced degree equivalency binding on USCIS.

AAO found that the AACRAO EDGE report concluded the beneficiary's Master of Computer Applications degree is comparable to a degree in computer application, not computer science. The petitioner's three evaluations were insufficient because the record lacked a complete transcript of the beneficiary's studies, evidence that the curricula were identical to a U.S. Computer Science master's program, and because an expert evaluator's claims about the beneficiary completing a two-year Computer Science degree were internally inconsistent and unsupported.

AAO did not resolve this question, instead remanding for further investigation into whether H.14 language permits something less than a Bachelor's degree or is consistent with the advanced degree classification.

AAO identified specific inconsistencies in the record but declined to resolve the factual question, instead remanding for further director review of the evidence.

AAO raised ability-to-pay concerns sua sponte though it was not a basis for the revocation, noting the large number of petitions filed, potential successor-in-interest liabilities, and missing certified tax returns/transcripts, and directed the petitioner to address these on remand.

The AAO agreed that the petitioner's achievements did not qualify as a one-time major internationally recognized award. The foreign-language articles lacked certified translations, the publications were not shown to be international media, and some achievements were age-limited to the junior category and not open to the entire field.