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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision OCT112005_24B2203: rejection of untimely appeal. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT112005_24B2203: 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; criterion/final-merits status assessed only from the available source.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT112005_24B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 11, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA 203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center denial appealed; AAO states appeal received September 8, 2004, 36 days after August 3, 2004 decision despite 33-day period and rejects as untimely. Footnote says service-center form misstated last day as Sept. 8 rather than Sept. 7 because Labor Day; agency notice error did not displace regulatory deadline. |
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
["Narrow procedural example concerning late appeal and erroneous filing-deadline notice; not EB-1A merits.", "No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Narrow procedural example concerning late appeal and erroneous filing-deadline notice; not EB-1A merits.
No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 2 gives dates, deadline analysis, director referral and footnote correcting notice; p. 1 cover date/classification.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by distinct procedural mechanism: motion requirements/timeliness; ordinary untimely appeal; summary dismissal for failure to identify error; remand for consideration of NOID response. Exclude held/incomplete cases until reconciled.
Editorial use note: Potential inclusion in source-cited procedural index after editorial review; do not frame as criterion-merits 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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