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 teacher, sought EB-2 classification with a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement; the underlying merits of the endeavor are not discussed in this decision.
Field: teaching · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
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Notable
This decision does not reach the NIW merits at all; it is a purely procedural denial of a second motion to reconsider on timeliness grounds. The Petitioner argued Thanksgiving should be excluded from the 33-day count, but AAO held the last day of the filing period did not fall on a holiday, so the exclusion rule did not apply. No substantive prong analysis occurs; prior appellate and first-motion decisions (ID# 14485 and ID# 11023) are referenced but not reproduced.
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(a)(1)(i)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
- INA 291
Cases in adjacent profiles
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- The Petitioner proposed to establish a consulting company in Missouri to design and implement a nationally adaptable tea
- The Petitioner, an arts, drama, and music teacher and entrepreneur, sought EB-2 classification as an individual of excep
- The petitioner, a mathematics teacher with 17 years of experience, proposed to operate a company offering online math tu