AAO evidence pattern
Timeliness and motion history: compare source-linked AAO records, specific evidence, procedural posture, and nonprecedent limits.
Direct answer: EB-1A Evidence Combinations: Timeliness, successive motions, and procedural history organizes source-reviewed AAO material around one research question and links readers to the underlying decision records.
This topic is a research lens across the source-reviewed corpus. Candidate keyword matches are discovery aids only; each linked record retains its own procedural stage and the exact issue decided. This page makes no claim that keyword matches are a validated cohort or a legal rule.
How the case examples were selected
The linked decisions are examples for topic discovery from the completed source-review matrix. They do not represent every matching record, prove a universal standard, or establish an approval probability. Open each source and compare the issue, evidence, date, and procedural stage.
Source-reviewed decision examples
OCT112005_24B2203 — rejection of untimely appeal
medium Official decision PDF.OCT212013_01B2203 — Motion to reopen dismissed as untimely and procedurally deficient.
Procedural comparator for an untimely motion to reopen a withdrawn-appeal dismissal. Official decision PDF.JUL022024_02B2203 — Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed.
Procedural comparator for attempts to appeal an AAO dismissal and successive motions with deadline/receipt issues. Official decision PDF.OCT262016_01B2203 — Motion to reopen or reconsider denied as untimely.
fit: procedural motion deadline decision; nonprecedent; reason: Eligible only for a narrow procedural explanation of the motion deadline and date calculation described in this case. Official decision PDF.APR122018_01B2203 — Motion to reopen denied; motion to reconsider denied.
Procedural comparator for successive filings, attempted appeal of AAO’s own decision, and an untimely motion with no new facts. Official decision PDF.AUG192005_12B2203 — Appeal rejected as untimely.
Procedural comparison for an appeal received 82 days after denial, where the Director declined motion treatment. Official decision PDF.APR192011_02B2203 — Appeal rejected as untimely; returned to Director for possible motion consideration.
Procedural comparator for appeal sent to wrong office contrary to notice, then received after 33-day deadline. Official decision PDF.FEB092022_01B2203 — Combined motions dismissed; prior AAO decision remains in effect.
Procedural-only comparison for motion timeliness, correct decision identification, and distinguishing underlying final-merits reasoning from later motion posture. Official decision PDF.MAR042009_04B2203 — Appeal rejected as untimely; returned to Director to consider as a motion to reconsider if requirements are met.
Procedural comparator for late appeal returned for Director-level motion consideration; distinguish from rejection without motion treatment and from AAO merits remands. Official decision PDF.JAN172007_02B2203 — summary dismissal; AAO concurs with general three-criterion threshold finding
medium-low Official decision PDF.NOV282012_01B2203 — Current motion dismissed; prior AAO decisions affirmed; petition remains denied.
Procedural motion ruling, unsuitable for substantive EB-1A criteria comparisons; it can belong only in a separate motion practice resource. Official decision PDF.APR272015_04B2203 — summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error
low Official decision PDF.JUL232012_02B2203 — Motion to reopen and motion to reconsider dismissed.
Procedural comparator for a martial-arts case involving an untimely motion submitted directly to AAO. Official decision PDF.NOV252008_03B2203 — Appeal rejected as untimely.
Procedural comparator for an appeal sent to the wrong service center, received late, with no specific appellate argument. Official decision PDF.SEP052013_02B2203 — Motion to reopen dismissed; prior May 21, 2010 decision affirmed; petition remains denied.
Only a successive-motion timeliness/new-evidence explainer; no underlying criteria findings in this decision. Official decision PDF.JUL192023_01B2203 — combined motions to reopen and reconsider dismissed
medium Official decision PDF.DEC162005_20B2203 — Motion to reopen dismissed as untimely under 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(1)(i); the decision says no evidence showed the delay was reasonable and beyond petitioner’s control.
Procedural comparison with motion-timeliness decisions; no EB-1A criterion merits analysis. Official decision PDF.FEB182015_02B2203 — Director’s motion decision withdrawn; Remanded for consideration of full record, motion, and appeal evidence; director may issue RFE or NOID.
Potentially useful only if source identity/date conflict is resolved. Hold from public summary pending verification of the cover date and matching case metadata. Official decision PDF.
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