dismissed
EB-2
dismissed EB-2 Case: Unknown
Decision Summary
The appeal was rejected because it was filed after the deadline. The original decision was mailed on December 29, 2011, requiring the appeal to be filed within 18 days, but it was not received until January 30, 2012, making it untimely.
Criteria Discussed
Timely Filing Of Appeal
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U.S.Departmentof HomelandSecurity U.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices AdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO) 20MassachusettsAve.,N.W.,MS2090 Washington,DC 20529-2090 8 U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services Date: DEC 2 7 2012 Office: NEBRASKASERVICECENTER FILE: IN RE: PETITION:ImmigrantPetitionfor Alien Workeras a Memberof the ProfessionsHoldingan Advanced Degreeor anAlien of ExceptionalAbility Pursuantto Section203(b)(2)of theImmigrationand NationalityAct,8 U.S.C.§ 1153(b)(2) ONBEHALFOFPETITIONER: INSTRUCTIONS: Enclosedpleasefind thedecisionof theAdministrativeAppealsOfficein yourcase. All of thedocuments relatedto thismatterhavebeenreturnedto theofficethatoriginallydecidedyourcase.Pleasebeadvisedthat anyfurtherinquirythatyoumighthaveconcerningyourcasemustbemadetothatoffice. hankyou, R¯onRosenberg ActingChief,AdministrativeAppealsOffice www.uscus.gov Page2 DISCUSSION:Theapprovalof thepreferencevisapetitionwasrevokedby theDirector,Nebraska ServiceCenter,andis nowbeforetheAdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO)onappeal.Theappeal will berejectedasuntimelyfiled. In orderto properlyfile anappealfrom a revocationdecision,theaffectedpartyor theattorneyor representativeof recordmustfile thecompleteappealwithin 15daysof serviceof the unfavorable decision.See8 C.F.R.§ 205.2.If thedecisionwasmailed,theappealmustbefiled within 18days. 8 C.F.R.§ 103.8(b).Thedateof filing is not thedateof mailing,but thedateof actualreceipt.See8 C.F.R.§ 103.2(a)(7)(i). The record indicatesthat the servicecenterdirector issuedthe decisionon December29, 2011. NeithertheImmigrationandNationalityAct northepertinentregulationsgranttheAAO authorityto extendthistimelimit. AlthoughcounseldatedtheFormI-290BJanuary23,2012,it wasnot receivedby theservicecenter until January30,2012. Accordingly,theappealwasuntimelyfiled. 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 decisionmustbe madeon the meritsof the case. The official havingjurisdiction over a motionis theofficial who madethe lastdecisionin theproceeding,in this casetheDirectorof the NebraskaServiceCenter.See8 C.F.R.§ 103.5(a)(1)(ii).As requiredby 8 C.F.R.§ 103.3(a)(2)(ii)- (iv), thedirectorreviewedtheappealprior to forwardingit to theAAO, anddid not concludethatit mettherequirementsof amotionor otherwisewarrantfavorableaction. As theappealwasuntimelyfiled, theappealmustberejected. ORDER: Theappealis rejected.
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