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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision JUL312012_01B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely filed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL312012_01B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely filed. 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 | JUL312012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2012-07-31 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal rejected as untimely filed. The appeal was received 36 days after the decision, beyond the 33-day mailed-decision period; overnight delivery did not extend the deadline and the filing did not meet motion requirements.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: Appeal rejected as untimely; director_findings: Director issued the denial August 15, 2011 and gave 33 days. Petitioner dated the appeal September 14, but it was received September 20, 36 days after decision. AAO stated an overnight-delivery delay did not warrant special consideration; regulations did not authorize extension. Director had declined to treat it as a motion. AAO rejected it as untimely. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected as untimely filed.', 'basis': 'The appeal was received 36 days after the decision, beyond the 33-day mailed-decision period; overnight delivery did not extend the deadline and the filing did not meet motion requirements.', '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
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’: ‘untimely_appeal’, ‘aggregation_valid’: True, ‘use’: ‘Procedural deadline aggregation with late ordinary appeals, retaining its overnight-delivery circumstance.’, ‘do_not_claim’: [‘Do not treat an appeal dismissal or procedural rejection as approval or a substantive criterion precedent.’, ‘Do not infer individual criterion results beyond the exact states expressly described.’, ‘Do not treat a remand as approval or as resolution of the Remanded issue.’, ‘Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.’], ‘caveat’: ‘No AAO criterion 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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