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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision JAN132012_01B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely; matter returned to Director to determine whether late filing meets…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN132012_01B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely; matter returned to Director to determine whether late filing meets motion requirements and, if so, issue a new decision. 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 | JAN132012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2012-01-13 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal rejected as untimely; matter returned to Director to determine whether late filing meets motion requirements and, if so, issue a new decision. The complete appeal was received 35 days after the decision; Director must evaluate whether it qualifies as a motion.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: appeal_rejected_untimely_returned_for_motion_determination; director_findings: Director issued decision March 16, 2010. Counsel dated Form I-290B April 16; service center received it April 20, 35 days after decision, outside the 33-day mailed-decision period. AAO rejected the appeal as untimely and returned it to Director to determine whether it met motion requirements; if so, Director should grant and issue a new decision. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected as untimely; matter returned to Director to determine whether late filing meets motion requirements and, if so, issue a new decision.', 'basis': 'The complete appeal was received 35 days after the decision; Director must evaluate whether it qualifies as a motion.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
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Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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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': 'untimely_appeal_director_motion_determination', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Compare with other late appeals returned for motion consideration; do not present the appeal itself as successful or as merits review.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural rejection or remand as approval or completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer individual criterion findings from aggregate threshold statements.', 'Do not treat a remand as approval.', 'Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'No criterion or final-merits review.'}
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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