remanded EB-2 NIW Case: Unknown

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DATE: OFFICE: TEXAS SERVICE CENTER 
SEP 0 1 2011 
INRE: Petitioner: 
Beneficiary: 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) 
20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., MS 2090 
Washington, DC 20529-2090 
U. S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
PETITION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Member of the Professions Holding an Advanced 
Degree or an Alien of Exceptional Ability Pursuant to Section 203(b )(2) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2) 
ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: 
SELF-REPRESENTED 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
Enclosed please find the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All of the documents 
related to this matter have been returned to the office that originally decided your case. Please be advised that 
any further inquiry that you might have concerning your case must be made to that office. 
If you believe the law was inappropriately applied by us in reaching our decision, or you have additional 
information that you wish to have considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen. The 
specific requirements for filing such a request can be found at 8 C.F.R. § 103.5. All motions must be 
submitted to the office that originally decided your case by filing a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, 
with a fee of $630. Please be aware that 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(i) requires that any motion must be filed 
within 30 days of the decision that the motion seeks to reconsider or reopen. 
Thank you, 
Perry Rhew 
Chief, Administrative Appeals Office 
www.uscis.gov 
DISCUSSION: The Director, Texas Service Center, denied the nonimmigrant visa petition. The 
matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The AAO will reject the 
appeal as untimely filed. The AAO will return the matter to the director for consideration as a 
motion to reopen and reconsider. 
In order to properly file an appeal, the regulation at 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(2)(i) provides that the 
affected party or the attorney or representative of record 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. § 103.5a(b). The date of filing is not the date of mailing, but the date 
of actual receipt. See 8 c.F.R. § 103.2(a)(7)(i). 
The record indicates that the service center director issued the decision on Wednesday, May 19, 
2010. The service center director properly gave notice to the petitioner that it had 33 days to file the 
appeal. Neither the Act nor the pertinent regulations grant the AAO authority to extend this time 
limit. 
Although the petitioner dated the Form I-290B Notice of Appeal June 17,2010, the service center 
did not receive the appeal until Tuesday, June 22, 2010, or 34 days after the director issued the 
decision. Accordingly, the appeal was untimely filed. 
The regulation at 8 c.F.R. § 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 Director of the 
Texas Service Center. See 8 c.F.R. § 103.5(a)(1)(ii). 
The AAO will therefore return the matter to the director. If the director determines that the late 
appeal meets the requirements of a motion, the director shall grant the motion and issue a new 
decision. 
As the appeal was untimely filed, the appeal must be rejected. 
ORDER: The appeal is rejected.