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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision MAR022020_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR022020_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. 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 | MAR022020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-03-02 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Second combined motion to reopen/reconsider dismissed. The November 29 filing was 35 days after the October 25, 2018 decision and no authority supported the weekend/three-mailing-day calculation; no prior legal error was shown.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; classification: second_combined_Motion dismissed_untimely_prior_motion_no_error; director_findings: The Nebraska Service Center denied; AAO dismissed the appeal and then dismissed a first combined motion as untimely. This second combined motion argued that the earlier motion was timely because the thirtieth day fell on Saturday and three mailing days should be added. AAO calculated the applicable deadline as November 27, 2018; the prior filing was received November 29, 35 days after the October 25 decision. Petitioner cited no authority supporting her calculation and did not establish incorrect application of law or policy. Both motions dismissed. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed.', 'basis': 'The preceding motion was untimely under AAO’s calculation, and this second motion did not identify authority or demonstrate that the prior timeliness decision misapplied law or policy.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3]} |
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': 'motion_deadline_calculation', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Procedural comparison on motion filing deadlines and arguments about weekend and mail-service calculations; the decision is nonprecedent and does not reach criteria.', '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 recited.', 'Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use the cited procedural or criterion-specific holding narrowly. No final-merits conclusion unless explicitly stated in the source.'}
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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