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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision AUG192005_12B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG192005_12B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely. No criterion merits review; the source lists the regulatory criteria but the disposition turns on timeliness (pp. 2–3).
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG192005_12B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 19, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field not stated in the decision body. |
Procedural posture | Director denied August 13, 2003. Petitioner dated appeal September 8, but USCIS received it with proper fee November 3, 82 days after denial. Director declined to treat late filing as a motion and forwarded it to AAO. AAO rejected as untimely. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected as untimely. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criterion merits review; the source lists the regulatory criteria but the disposition turns on timeliness (pp. 2–3).
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 considered |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
No criterion merits review; the source lists the regulatory criteria but the disposition turns on timeliness (pp. 2–3).
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Do not treat the criteria list as an adjudication of evidence.
Editorial use note: May support carefully scoped, source-cited procedural or evidentiary guidance; clearly label as nonprecedent and preserve procedural posture.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Cover/instructions dated Aug. 19, 2005; EB-1A petition.
PDF page 2 — States denial date Aug. 13, 2003; appeal date/receipt chronology and untimely filing.
PDF page 3 — Explains Director declined motion treatment; order rejects appeal as untimely.
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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