dismissed EB-1A

dismissed EB-1A Case: Unknown

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Decision Summary

The appeal was rejected because it was not filed by the petitioner or an authorized representative. The individual who filed the appeal was found not to be an attorney or an accredited representative and failed to respond to a notice requesting clarification of their standing.

Criteria Discussed

Improper Filing By An Unauthorized Representative

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US. Department of Homeland Security 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
e1earIy Unwarranted 
 Office ofAdministrative Appeals, MS 2090 
Washington, DC 20529-2090 
ofvnal privacy U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
PUBLIC COPY 
SRC 07 230 51167 
Petition: 
 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability Pursuant to Section 
203(b)(l)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 
 1153(b)(l)(A) 
IN BEHALF OF PETITIONER: 
SELF-REPRESENTED 
INSTRUCTIONS : 
This is the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All documents have been returned to 
the office that originally decided your case. Any further inquiry must be made to that office. 
\19hn F. Grissorn 
Chief, Administrative Appeals Office 
Page 2 
DISCUSSION: The employment-based immigrant visa petition was denied by the Director, Texas 
Service Center, and is now before the Administrative Appeals Office on appeal. The appeal will be 
rejected. 
The petitioner seeks classification as an "alien of extraordinary ability" pursuant to section 203(b)(l)(A) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. 5 1153(b)(l)(A). The director determined 
the petitioner had not established the sustained national or international acclaim necessary to qualify for 
classification as an alien of extraordinary ability. 
The appeal was filed by - who submitted a Form G-28, Notice of Entry of 
Appearance as Attorney or Representative signed by the petitioner. indicated that he is an 
accredited representative of a religious, charitable, social service or similar organization established in 
the United States and which is recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). 
The regulation at 8 C.F.R. 5 1.1 (0 states: 
The term attorney means any person who is a member in good standing of the bar of 
the highest court of any State, possession, territory, Commonwealth, or the District of 
Columbia, and is not under any order of any court suspending, enjoining, restraining, 
disbarring, or otherwise restricting him in the practice of law. 
The regulation at 8 C.F.R. $ 292.1 (a)(4) defines an accredited representative as a person representing 
an organization described in 8 C.F.R. 5 292.2 who has been accredited by the Board of Immigration 
Appeals (BIA). The regulation at 8 C.F.R. 5 292.2 describes the processes by which the BIA (1) 
recognizes an organization as authorized to provide accredited representatives, and (2) accredits a 
person as a representative of a recognized organization. 
On July 28, 2009, this office issued a notice to 
 quoting the above regulations and advising 
that, according to a review of the most recent Roster of Recognized Organizations and Accredited 
Representatives maintained by the Executive Office for Immigration and Review, available on the 
Internet at http://www.usdoi.aov/eoir/statuspub/recoanitionaccreditatiomoster.pdf, he was not an 
attorney or an accredited representative of & organization recognized by the BIA. was 
provided 15 days in which to reply and advised that failure to respond would result in the appeal being 
- - 
rejected as improperly filed. A copy of this letter was sent to thepetitioner. As of this date, more than 
three months later, this office has not received a response. 
The appeal has not been filed by the petitioner, an authorized representative or any entity with legal 
standing in the proceeding, but rather by a consultant. Therefore, the appeal has not been properly filed 
and must be rejected. 8 C.F.R. 5 103.2(a)(2)(v)(A)(Z). 
ORDER: The appeal is rejected. 
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