NIW Bearings
dismissedSEP262024_01B52032024-09-26 · combined · Texas Service Center

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 decision does not describe the underlying proposed endeavor, as this motion concerns only the timeliness of a prior motion filing rather than the merits of the NIW petition.

Read the decision (uscis.gov)

How the evidence was treated

  • other · discounted
    the evidence presented by the Petitioner is inconclusive as to a receipt date
    AAO decision text

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Notable

Purely procedural decision addressing timeliness of a second combined motion to reopen/reconsider (third motion overall); no substantive NIW merits (prong 1/2/3 or threshold EB-2) analysis occurs. AAO scrutinized USPS tracking data and shipping envelopes to find the motion was untimely, and noted credibility concerns with the Petitioner's delivery evidence for both the first and second motions.

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)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
  • Matter of Coelho

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

Petitioner's motions to reopen/reconsider were dismissed because she failed to prove timely filing of prior motions and submitted no new evidence or legal error showing the prior dismissal was wrong.

Transferable lesson

Preserve definitive, verifiable delivery/tracking evidence (USPS confirmation tied explicitly to the filing) when contesting rejection of a motion as untimely.

Endeavor framing

vague

Evidence targeting

person_focused

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