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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision JUN032005_18B2203: Appeal dismissed as untimely; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN032005_18B2203: Appeal dismissed as untimely; petition denied. 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 | JUN032005_18B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-06-03 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. Petitioner submitted credentials and character/reference letters, but the AAO found those materials unrelated to the regulatory criteria. The appeal was filed more than three months after the Director’s decision and was untimely; AAO also stated the record did not establish three criteria or sustained acclaim.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal dismissed_untimely_and_no_criteria; director_findings: Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. Petitioner submitted credentials and character/reference letters, but the AAO found those materials unrelated to the regulatory criteria. The appeal was filed more than three months after the Director’s decision and was untimely; AAO also stated the record did not establish three criteria or sustained acclaim. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed as untimely; petition denied.', 'basis': 'Appeal was filed outside the required period; record also did not establish at least three criteria or sustained acclaim.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | Not met |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'untimely_appeal_and_evidence_relevance', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Potential procedural explainer on appeal deadline and the difference between general credentials/references and evidence tied to regulatory criteria; historical date/context essential.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use only the source’s narrow finding and cited pages; historical decisions require date/context disclosure.'}
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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