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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision JAN072013_01B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN072013_01B2203: Appeal rejected. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN072013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2013-01-07 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal rejected as untimely; additionally rejected for lack of a newly executed Form G-28. No criterion review.; citation_pages: 2; 3; classification: appeal_rejected_untimely_and_improperly_filed_no_new_g28; director_findings: Nebraska Service Center decision issued June 28, 2012. Counsel dated an appeal July 27, but USCIS received it August 1, 34 days later. It was untimely. In addition, the new Form I-290B lacked a newly executed Form G-28; the submitted G-28 was from 2011 and did not establish current representation. AAO rejected the appeal as untimely and improperly filed; petitioner considered self-represented. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected.', 'basis': 'The service center received the appeal 34 days after the June 28 decision, and the new filing lacked a newly executed Form G-28.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'appeal_deadline_and_new_g28', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Procedural comparison on receipt deadline and current representation paperwork; no substantive eligibility findings.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion results beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use only the cited source holding; no final-merits conclusion unless expressly stated.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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