Can't Import Layers from Ai File

[VesM]

I am trying to animate a logo in AE from and Ai file. I went through the normal process I go through:

1. Make everything in Ai file into its own layer

2. Import from Ai into AE as "Composition - Retain Layer Styles"

Once I get into AE the file is there as a new composition, but the folder supposedly containing all my separated layers only has the flattened image. Any ideas?

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Did you enable PDF Compatibility in AI? In AE, have you tried Layer>Convert to Layered Comp?

[Byron Cortez]

Can you upload a screenshots of the Layers panel in Ai please?