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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision NOV252011_03B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely filed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV252011_03B2203: Appeal rejected as untimely filed.
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; the disposition does not decide EB-1A criterion merits.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV252011_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 25, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 extraordinary-ability classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) / EB-1A, as printed. |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center EB-1A appeal. Director issued denial May 13, 2010; counsel dated Form I-290B May 15, but service center received it June 16, 34 days after the decision. Director found the late appeal did not meet motion requirements and forwarded it to AAO. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected as untimely filed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal rejected as untimely filed.
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
["Director findings, petitioner/counsel assertions, and background history are not AAO merits determinations.", "No EB-1A criterion state is inferred from a procedural outcome."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Director findings, petitioner/counsel assertions, and background history are not AAO merits determinations.
No EB-1A criterion state is inferred from a procedural outcome.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, decision date, office and petition heading.
p. 2, procedural reasoning and operative ORDER.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Exclude identity/chronology-held cases. Verified cases may be grouped in a procedural index by distinct mechanism (mootness after adjustment, untimely motion, appeal standing, untimely appeal, summary dismissal); do not collapse these into substantive EB-1A denials.
Editorial use note: Procedural-only source-linked coverage after editorial review; preserve exact disposition.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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