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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision MAY142012_02B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely filed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY142012_02B2203: 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 | MAY142012_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Counsel dated Form I-290B February 3, 2011; the service center received it February 7, 33 days after issuance. The Director found the late appeal did not meet motion requirements and forwarded it to the AAO; the AAO rejected it as untimely.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: Appeal rejected as untimely; director_findings: The Texas Service Center Director issued an unfavorable decision January 5, 2011 and gave 30 days to appeal because it was sent by facsimile. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected as untimely filed.', 'basis': 'The appeal was received 33 days after the January 5, 2011 facsimile-served decision, beyond the 30-day period.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
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 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’: ‘Appeal rejected as untimely’, ‘aggregation_valid’: True, ‘use’: ‘Procedural grouping with late appeal rejections only; retain the facsimile service and 30-day deadline.’, ‘do_not_claim’: [‘Do not characterize procedural dispositions or remands as completed EB-1A merits findings.’, ‘Do not infer individual criterion results from generalized Director statements.’, ‘Do not describe a moot dismissal as affirming all Director findings.’, ‘Do not treat nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.’], ‘caveat’: ‘No EB-1A criterion or final-merits decision was reached.’}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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