dismissed
EB-2
dismissed EB-2 Case: Unknown
Decision Summary
The appeal was rejected as untimely filed. The petitioner's initial submission was rejected for using a foreign currency for the fee, and the subsequent correct refiling occurred 143 days after the director's decision, well outside the filing deadline.
Criteria Discussed
Timeliness Of Appeal Proper Filing Fee Motion To Reopen Or Reconsider
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U.S.Departmentof HomelandSecurity U.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices AdministrativeAppealsOffice (AAO) 20 MassachusettsAve.. N.W., MS 2090 Washington,DC 20529-2090 8 U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services DATE: 2 2012 OFFICE:NEBRASKASERVICECENTER IN RE: Petitioner: Beneficiary: PETITION: ImmigrantPetitionfor AlienWorkerasaMemberof theProfessionsHoldinganAdvanced Degreeor anAlienof ExceptionalAbility PursuanttoSection203(b)(2)of theImmigration andNationalityAct,8 U.S.C.§ 1153(b)(2) ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: SELF-REPRESENTED INSTRUCTIONS: Enclosedpleasefind thedecisionof theAdministrativeAppealsOfficein yourcase. All of thedocuments relatedto thismatterhavebeenreturnedtotheofficethatoriginallydecidedyourcase.Pleasebeadvisedthat anyfurtherinquirythatyoumighthaveconcerningyourcasemustbemadetothatoffice. Thank you, RonRosenberg ActingChief,AdministrativeAppealsOffice www.uscis.gov Page2 DISCUSSION:TheDirector,NebraskaServiceCenter,deniedtheemployment-basedimmigrantvisa petition. ThematterisnowbeforetheAdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO) onappeal.TheAAO will rejecttheappealasuntimelyfiled. In orderto properlyfile an appeal,the regulationat 8 C.F.R.§ 103.3(a)(2)(i)requiresthe affected partyto file thecompleteappealwithin 30 daysof serviceof theunfavorabledecision. Whenevera personhasthe right or is requiredto do someact within a prescribedperiod after the serviceof a noticeuponhim andthe noticeis servedby mail, 3 daysshallbe addedto the prescribedperiod. Serviceby mail is completeuponmailing. 8 C.F.R.§ 103.8(b). Theservicecenterdirectorissuedthe deci ' n on anuar 01 nd mailedthedecisionto the petitioner'sthen-currentaddressof record The servicecenterdirectorproperly notified the petitionerof ay deadlineto file the appeal. NeithertheAct northepertinentregulationsgranttheAAO authorityto extendthistimelimit. The petitionerdatedthe Form I-290B Notice of Appeal February3, 2012 and mailed it from a previouslyunreportedaddressin Mexico City, Mexico. Theservicecenterreceivedthe appealon February22, 2012. Thedirectorrejectedtheappealbecausethepetitionersubmittedtheappealfee in foreigncurrencyratherthanin UnitedStatesdollars. Remittances,suchasfees,mustbepaid in United Statescurrency. See8 C.F.R.§ 103.7(a)(2). A benefit request,suchasan appeal,is not properlyfiled if it doesnot includetheproperfee. See8 C.F.R.§§ 103.2(a)(1)and(7)(i). The petitionersubsequentlyrefiled the appeal,with fee, on June4, 2012 (againin an envelope bearing return address,althoughthe petitionerlisted a Pakistanaddresson the appeal form itself). Thus,thepetitionerdid not properlyfile theappealuntil 143daysafterthedateof the director'sdecision.Accordingly,theappealwasuntimelyfiled. The regulationat 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(2)(v)(B)(2)statesthat, if an untimely appealmeetsthe requirementsof amotiontoreopenor amotionto reconsider,theappealmustbetreatedasamotion, and a decisionmust be madeon the merits of the case. The official havingjurisdiction over a motionis theofficial who madethelast decisionin theproceeding,in this casetheDirectorof the NebraskaServiceCenter. See8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(1)(ii). The director determinedthat the late appealdid notmeettherequirementsof amotionandforwardedthematterto theAAO. Becausetheappealwasuntimelyfiled, theAAO mustrejecttheappeal. ORDER: Theappealis rejected.
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