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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision MAR312010_02B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR312010_02B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely. No authority to extend deadline; supporting records were previously submitted or not new, and reconsideration lacked precedent showing error.
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: EB-1A procedural appeal; no criteria adjudicated in this decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR312010_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 31, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal rejected as untimely; later-submitted evidence did not qualify as reopening/reconsideration motion |
Procedural posture | Appeal of July 13, 2009 denial was misfiled to AAO and received after 37 days; director had given correct filing instructions. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected as untimely. |
Final-merits status | Not coded in the normalized review fields |
What the AAO decision addressed
No authority to extend deadline; supporting records were previously submitted or not new, and reconsideration lacked precedent showing error.
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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dated March 31, 2010 identifies EB-1A petition and self-represented petitioner.; pages: 1
claim: Director issued denial July 13, 2009; appeal was improperly sent to AAO on August 19 (37 days later), then forwarded and received by service center August 27 (45 days later).; pages: 2
claim: Evidence on late appeal was previously submitted or not new; reconsideration lacked precedent establishing legal/policy error; appeal rejected.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural-only; exclude from criterion outcome aggregation.
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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