remanded
EB-2
remanded EB-2 Case: Unknown
Decision Summary
The appeal was rejected because it was filed untimely, over a year after the 33-day deadline. Per regulations, the AAO remanded the matter to the service center director to treat the untimely appeal as a motion to reopen and reconsider.
Criteria Discussed
Timeliness Of Appeal
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identifyingdatadeletedto preventclearlyunwarranted invasionofpersonalpnvacy PUBLICCOPY U.S.Departmentof HomelandSecurity U.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices AdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO) 20MassachusettsAve.,N.W.,MS2090 Washington,DC20529-2090 8 U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services DCT1 7 2011 DATE Office: NEBRASKASERVICECENTER FILE: IN RE: Petitioner: Beneficiary: PETITION: ImmigrantPetitionfor AlienWorkerasaMemberof theProfessionsHoldinganAdvanced DegreeoranAlienof ExceptionalAbility Pursuantto Section203(b)(2)of theImmigration andNationalityAct, 8U.S.C.§ 1153(b)(2) ONBEHALFOFPETITIONER: INSTRUCTIONS: Thisis thedecisionof theAdministrativeAppealsOfficein yourcase.Pleasenotethatall documentshave beenreturnedtotheofficethatoriginallydecidedyourcase.Pleasealsonotethatanyfurtherinquirymustbe madeto thatoffice. Thankyo erryRhew Chief,AdministrativeAppealsOffice www.uscis.gov Page2 DISCUSSION: TheDirector,NebraskaServiceCenter,deniedtheimmigrantvisapetition. The matteris now beforethe AdministrativeAppealsOffice(AAO) on appeal. Theappealwill be rejectedasuntimelyfiled. TheAAO will returnthe matterto the directorfor considerationasa motionto reopenandreconsider. In orderto properlyfile an appeal,theregulationat 8 C.F.R.§ 103.3(a)(2)(i)providesthatthe affectedpartyor the attorneyor representativeof recordmustfile the completeappealwithin 30 daysof serviceof the unfavorabledecision. If thedecisionwasmailed,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). Therecordindicatesthatthe servicecenterdirectorissuedthe decisionon January8, 2007. It is notedthattheservicecenterdirectorproperlygavenoticeto thepetitionerthatit had33 daysto file theappeal.NeithertheAct northepertinentregulationsgranttheAAO authorityto extendthis time limit. CounseldatedtheFormI-290B,February26,2008. It wasnotreceivedby theservicecenteruntil February27,2008,or oneyearand50daysafterthedecisionwasissued.Thepetitionerasserted that neitherit nor its counselreceivedthe decision. It remains,however,that the appealwas untimelyfiled. 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 meritsof the case. The official havingjurisdiction over a motionis theofficial whomadethelastdecisionin theproceeding,in this casetheDirectorof the NebraskaServiceCenter.See8C.F.R.§ 103.5(a)(1)(ii). Thematterwill thereforebe returnedto thedirector. If thedirectordeterminesthatthe lateappeal meetstherequirementsof amotion,themotionshallbegrantedandanewdecisionwill beissued. As theappealwasuntimelyfiled, theappealmustberejected. ORDER: Theappealis rejected.
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