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DATE NOV 2 5 20H Office: TEXASSERVICECENTER FILE
IN RE: Petitioner:
Beneficiary:
PETITION: ImmigrantPetitionfor AlienWorkerasanAlien of ExtraordinaryAbility Pursuantto Section
203(b)(1)(A)of theImmigrationandNationalityAct, 8U.S.C.§ 1153(b)(1)(A)
ONBEHALFOFPETITIONER:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Thisis thedecisionof theAdministrativeAppealsOfficein yourcase.Pleasenotethatall documentshave
beenreturnedto theofficethatoriginallydecidedyourcase.Pleasealsonotethatanyfurtherinquirymustbe
madeto that office.
Thankyou,
PerryRhew
Chief,AdministrativeAppealsOffice
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DISCUSSION: TheDirector,TexasServiceCenter,deniedtheemployment-basedimmigrantvisa
petition. Thematteris nowbeforetheAdministrativeAppealsOffice (AAO) on appeal.Theappeal
will berejectedasuntimelyfiled.
In order to properly file an appeal,the regulationat 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(2)(i)providesthat the
affectedparty or the attorneyor representativeof recordmust file the completeappealwithin 30
daysof serviceof the unfavorabledecision. If the decisionwasmailed,the appealmustbe filed
within 33 days. See8 C.F.R.§ 103.5a(b).Thedateof filing is notthedateof mailing,but thedate
of actualreceipt.See8 C.F.R.§ 103.2(a)(7)(i).
TherecordindicatesthattheservicecenterdirectorissuedthedecisiononMay 13,2010. It is noted
thatthe servicecenterdirectorproperlygavenoticeto the petitionerthat it had33 daysto file the
appeal. Neitherthe Act nor the pertinentregulationsgrantthe AAO authorityto extendthis time
limit.
Althoughcounseldatedthe Form I-290B May 15,2010,it wasnot receivedby the servicecenter
until June16,2010,or 34 daysafterthedecisionwasissued.Accordingly,theappealwasuntimely
filed.
The regulationat 8 C.F.R.§ 103.3(a)(2)(v)(B)(2)statesthat, if an untimelyappealmeetsthe
requirementsof amotionto reopenor amotionto reconsider,theappealmustbetreatedasamotion,
and a decisionmust be madeon the merits of the case. The official havingjurisdiction over a
motionis the official who madethe lastdecisionin theproceeding,in this casethe Directorof the
TexasServiceCenter. See8 C.F.R.§ 103.5(a)(1)(ii).Thedirectordeterminedthatthe lateappeal
did notmeettherequirementsof amotionandforwardedthematterto theAAO.
As theappealwasuntimelyfiled, theappealmustberejected.
ORDER: Theappealis rejected.