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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision NOV112005_07B2203: rejection of untimely appeal. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV112005_07B2203: rejection of untimely appeal.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_eb1a_procedural_record; not an AAO EB-1A criterion/final-merits decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV112005_07B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 11, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; beneficiary gender pronoun she in decision. |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center denial appealed. Director issued denial May 5, 2005 with 33-day appeal notice; AAO record says appeal received June 8, 2005 (34 days after issuance). Director declined to treat late appeal as a motion and forwarded it. AAO rejects as untimely under cited filing-deadline rules. |
Operative disposition | rejection of untimely appeal |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
rejection of untimely appeal
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 |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["Distinct from merits denial: disposition is solely filing timeliness. Do not describe AAO as affirming EB-1A merits.", "Any director-level criterion result is reported only as attributed background; it is not an AAO criterion determination."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Distinct from merits denial: disposition is solely filing timeliness. Do not describe AAO as affirming EB-1A merits.
Any director-level criterion result is reported only as attributed background; it is not an AAO criterion determination.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 2 gives deadlines, dates, calculation, and order; p. 1 cover shows date/classification.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: May be grouped only with like procedural dispositions (summary dismissal for failure to identify error; untimely appeal; mootness after adjustment). Keep separate mechanisms and cite decision-specific sources.
Editorial use note: May be considered for a source-cited procedural reference entry after editorial review; do not frame as a substantive criterion precedent.
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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