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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision MAY262011_02B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY262011_02B2203: Appeal rejected. 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 | MAY262011_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2011-05-26 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal rejected as untimely after filing at the wrong office. AAO separately states it would summarily dismiss for lack of specific error even if timely.; citation_pages: 2; 3; classification: appeal_rejected_untimely_wrong_office_and_no_specific_error; director_findings: The Texas Service Center denied the petition September 28, 2009. Counsel filed directly with AAO on November 2; AAO returned the filing because the notice instructed filing with the service center. The service center received the appeal November 6, 39 days after the decision. AAO rejected it as untimely. Even if timely, the appeal did not identify a specific erroneous conclusion and promised brief/evidence had not arrived roughly 21 months later. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected.', 'basis': 'The service center received the appeal 39 days after the decision; counsel initially sent it to AAO despite filing instructions. The appeal also lacked specific error and promised support.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3]} |
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': 'appeal_wrong_office_late_and_specificity', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Procedural comparison on filing at the office listed on the notice, receipt-based timeliness, and the separate specificity requirement for appeals.', '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 stated.', 'Do not treat an explicitly nonprecedent decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use only the cited source holding; no final-merits conclusion unless expressly stated.'}
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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