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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision AUG192005_04B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG192005_04B2203: Appeal rejected. Director issued decision August 13, 2003; petitioner dated appeal September 8 but CIS received it with fee November 3, 82 days after decision. Director declined to treat late appeal as motion and forwarded it to AAO.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: EB-1A procedural untimely appeal; merits not reached.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG192005_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 19, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural untimely appeal; merits not reached. |
Procedural posture | Appeal rejected as untimely; AAO did not convert it to a motion. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected. |
Final-merits status | not reached by current AAO decision |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director issued decision August 13, 2003; petitioner dated appeal September 8 but CIS received it with fee November 3, 82 days after decision. Director declined to treat late appeal as motion and forwarded it to AAO.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies EB-1A I-140 at Texas Service Center, dated August 19, 2005.; pages: 1
claim: Director denied petition; petitioner initially submission did not address criteria and denial referred to intended employment; appeal was filed 82 days after August 13, 2003 decision.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Director declined to treat late appeal as motion; AAO rejected it as untimely.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow deadline explainer; distinguish this 82-day late appeal, not converted, from other cases where motion-conversion requirements were met.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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