AAO

 AAO Processing Times as of April 1, 2012.

Petitioner is a university that sought to employ the beneficiary permanently in the United States as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Biostatistics. In this respect, the university sought to classify the beneficiary as an outstanding researcher pursuant to section 203(b)(1)(B) of the INA. USCIS initially denied the petition on the grounds that the beneficiary had not achieved the outstanding level of achievement required for being classified as an outstanding researcher. 

"Precedent decisions" are administrative decisions of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and the Attorney General, which are selected and designated as precedent by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the BIA, and the Attorney General, respectively.  The Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) publishes precedent decisions in bound volumes entitled "Administrative Decisions Under Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States." 

On October 20, 2010, the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and the Office of Public Engagement (OPE) hosted the first ever national stakeholder engagement regarding the AAO.

AAO Processing Times as of November 01, 2010.

AAO Processing Times as of August 01, 2010.

The AAO Processing Times as of May 1, 2010

AAO Processing times as of April 01, 2010.