This is an AAO appeal decision — a case denied once and appealed. It shows how the framework is applied; it is not the filing population.
The Petitioner, a pastor, sought an EB-2 national interest waiver, though the substance of the proposed endeavor is not discussed in this procedural motion decision.
Field: religious ministry (pastor) · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“the Petitioner's documentation does not establish the Petitioner's error resulting in the delay was reasonable and beyond his control”
AAO decision text
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Notable
This decision does not address the merits of the NIW petition at all; it is purely a procedural dismissal of a second combined motion to reopen/reconsider as untimely (filed 42 days after the prior dismissal, and the motion to reconsider filed 33 days after the underlying unfavorable decision). No prong analysis occurs.
Authorities this decision leans on
From the doctrinal survivor set — 187 authority tests across 47 distinct authorities cleared the differential-lift gates. Only those appear here.
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5
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