Denied EB-1A?

You May Have Grounds to Fight Back.

Whitaker & Warburton is evaluating EB-1A denials for a coordinated federal legal action. If USCIS denied your extraordinary-ability petition, we want to hear from you

USCIS denies a significant share of EB-1A petitions every year — and a recurring pattern stands out among them: denials that never grapple with the evidence actually submitted. Whitaker & Warburton is identifying EB-1A petitioners whose denials show the hallmarks of a rushed, non-individualized adjudication — large portions of the record left unaddressed, errors revealing the decision wasn't really about their case, and "analysis" that could have been written about anyone. We are focused on petitions filed under premium processing, where USCIS committed to a decision deadline. Completing this form helps us determine whether your denial fits the action we are building.

We are evaluating denials that fall into one or more of three categories. We want to hear from you if your EB-1A denial shows any of the following:

  • Ignored evidence. Roughly half or more of the evidence you submitted was never mentioned or analyzed in the denial. The officer simply didn't address it.

  • Wrong-case errors. The denial contains statements that don't match what you submitted — referring to you by the wrong gender or pronouns, misidentifying your field or occupation, or claiming you submitted (or failed to submit) evidence in a way that doesn't reflect your actual record. These are signs the decision wasn't individualized to your case.

  • No real analysis. The denial contains little or no reasoning specific to your situation — generic, boilerplate language that fails to engage the facts of your petition.

You do not need to have appealed to the AAO, and you do not need to have used our firm for your original petition.

Was your EB-1A denial actually about your case?

Whitaker & Warburton is reviewing premium-processing EB-1A denials that ignored the record, got basic facts wrong, or contained almost no individualized analysis. If that sounds like your denial, complete the form below. We want to hear from you.