dismissed
EB-1C
dismissed EB-1C Case: Unknown
Decision Summary
The appeal was rejected as untimely filed. The petitioner had 33 days to file an appeal after the director's decision was mailed, but the appeal was received on the 34th day. As the appeal did not meet the filing deadline, it was rejected without consideration of its merits.
Criteria Discussed
Timeliness Of Appeal
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identifying data deleted to prevent clearly unwarranted invasion of personal ~~VBCY U.S. Department of Homeland Security 20 Mass. Ave., N.W., Rm. 3000 Washington, DC 20529 U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services PUBLIC COPY , SRC 06 003 50661 PETITION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Multinational Executive or Manager Pursuant to Section 203(b)(l)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 3 1153(b)(l)(C) ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: SELF-REPRESENTED COURTESY COPY MAILED TO: 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. obert P. Wiemann, Chief ' Administrative Appeals Office Page 2 DISCUSSION: The Director, Texas Service Center, denied the employment-based petition. The matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The appeal will be rejected as untimely filed. In order to properly file an appeal, the regulation at 8 C.F.R. 9 103.3(a)(2)(i) provides that the affected party must file the complete appeal within 30 days of service of the unfavorable decision. If the decision was mailed, the appeal must be filed within 33 days. See 8 C.F.R. 9 103.5a(b). The record indicates that the director issued the decision on December 29, 2005. It is noted that the director properly gave notice to the petitioner that it had 33 days to file the appeal. Although the petitioner dated the appeal January 24,2006, it was received by Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) on February 1,2006, or 34 days after the decision was issued. Accordingly, the appeal was untimely filed. The regulation at 8 C.F.R. 5 103.3(a)(2)(v)(B)(2) states that, if an untimely appeal meets the requirements of a motion to reopen or a motion to reconsider, the appeal must be treated as a motion, and a decision must be made on the merits of the case. The official having jurisdiction over a motion is the official who made the last decision in the proceeding, in this case the service center director. See 8 C.F.R. 9 103.5(a)(l)(ii). The director declined to treat the late appeal as a motion and forwarded the matter to the AAO. As the appeal was untimely filed, the appeal must be rejected. ORDER: The appeal is rejected.
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