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Understand The Ten Regulatory Criteria

Read all ten once, in regulatory order. Later deep dives keep the official number.

Key takeaways

  1. 1Read all ten regulatory criteria once, in order; each one requires specific proof, not a matching label.
  2. 2For each criterion ask: does it fit, can I document it, and does it add to my story?
  3. 3Meeting three criteria does not by itself establish extraordinary ability; the whole record is also evaluated.

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