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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision FEB162012_02B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB162012_02B2203: Appeal rejected. Director issued decision April 29, 2010; appeal was received June 4, 36 days later. Counsel did not include a newly executed G-28 required for appeal filed after March 4, 2010; AAO considered petitioner self-represented and rejected the appeal as untimely.
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 rejection; merits not reached.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB162012_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 16, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural rejection; merits not reached. |
Procedural posture | Appeal rejected as untimely and improperly filed; no motion conversion. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected. |
Final-merits status | not reached by current AAO decision |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director issued decision April 29, 2010; appeal was received June 4, 36 days later. Counsel did not include a newly executed G-28 required for appeal filed after March 4, 2010; AAO considered petitioner self-represented and rejected the appeal as untimely.
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 February 16, 2012.; pages: 1
claim: Appeal filed June 4, 2010 from April 29, 2010 decision without newly executed G-28; AAO treated petitioner as self-represented.; pages: 2
claim: Appeal was 36 days after decision, beyond 33-day mailed deadline; AAO returned matter for Director to evaluate whether late appeal met motion requirements, then rejected the appeal as untimely.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful narrow explainer about both a new G-28 requirement for attorney-filed appeals and filing deadlines; do not suggest the missing G-28 alone was the timing basis.
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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