NIW Bearings
dismissedFEB262025_08B52032025-02-26 · 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 Petitioner, a mathematics teacher, sought to work in the United States under an EB-2 classification with a national interest waiver, though the underlying endeavor is not described in this procedural decision.

Field: mathematics education · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

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Notable

Purely procedural decision on the tenth combined motion to reopen/reconsider filed by this Petitioner; the AAO dismissed both motions solely on timeliness grounds (filed 36 days after the prior decision, exceeding the 33-day deadline, with no showing that the delay was reasonable or beyond the Petitioner's control). No substantive NIW prong analysis occurred. The case history shows a pattern of repeated summary dismissals and rejected filings, suggesting a pro se or persistent litigant pursuing successive motions without addressing the underlying merits denial.

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

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

The tenth combined motion was untimely: filed 36 days after the prior decision (exceeding the 33-day deadline) with no showing the delay was reasonable or beyond the Petitioner's control.

Transferable lesson

Strict compliance with the 33-day motion deadline is jurisdictional in practice; late motions to reopen must affirmatively show reasonable cause for delay or will be summarily dismissed.

Endeavor framing

vague

Evidence targeting

mixed

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