When a USCIS field office issues an unfavorable decision on an application or petition that falls under the jurisdiction of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), the petitioner or applicant (depending on the case) can appeal to the AAO.
The AAO has appellate jurisdiction over about 50 different types of immigration cases, including types of cases that our firm handles.
That being said, not every kind of case can be appealed to the AAO.
The case types that can be appealed to the AAO are listed below.
| Subject Matter | Form Number |
| Adjustment of Status of Diplomats under Sec. 13 of Act of 1957 | I-485 |
| Administrative Cancellation of Certificates, Documents, and Records | None |
| Application for Adjustment of Status-Indochinese Refugees | I-485 |
| Application for Adjustment of Status of Certain Cuban and Haitian Nationals | I-485 |
| Application for Certificate of Naturalization or Repatriation | N-580 |
| Application for Adjustment of Status of T Nonimmigrants | I-485 |
| Application for Adjustment of Status of U Nonimmigrants | I-485 |
| Application for Certificates of Citizenship | N-600 |
| Application for Issuance of Reentry Permits | I-131 |
| Application for New Naturalization or Citizenship Papers | N-565 |
| Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission to the United States after Removal or Deportation | I-212 |
| Application for Refugee Travel Documents | I-131 |
| Application for Regional Center | None |
| Application for T Nonimmigrant Status as Alien Victim of Trafficking | I-914 |
| Application for Temporary Protected Status | I-821 |
| Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes | N-470 |
| Breach of Surety Bond | None |
| Certification of the Denial of Any Petition by a USCIS Office | None |
| Denial of Adjustment for Not Establishing Bona Fide Marriage Exemption | None |
| Denial of Adjustment of Status for Certain Cuban Nationals | I-485 |
| Employment-Based Immigrant Visa, Special Immigrant, and Entrepreneur | I-140; 360; 526 |
| Invalidation of Temporary Labor Certificates Issued by Governor of Guam | None |
| Legalization and SAW: Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility | I-690 |
| Legalization: Application for Temporary or Permanent Residence | I-687, I-698 |
| Legalization: Termination of Temporary Resident Status | None |
| Petition for Armed Forces Special Immigrant | I-360 |
| Petition for Certain Scientists of the CIS or the Baltic States | I-140 |
| Petition for Employee of U.S. Business Operating in Hong Kong | I-140 |
| Petition for Nonimmigrant Temporary Workers, Trainees, Fiancees | I-129 |
| Petition for Orphans | I-600 |
| Petition for R-1 Nonimmigrant Religious Workers | I-129 |
| Petition for Special Immigrant Employee of an International Organization | I-360 |
| Petition for Special Immigrant Juvenile | I-360 |
| Petition for Special Immigrant Employee or Qualifying Family Member (Panama Canal) | I-360 |
| Petition for Special Immigrant Physician | I-360 |
| Petition for Spouse or Child under VAWA | I-360 |
| Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status as Alien Victim of Certain Crimes | I-918 |
| Petition to Classify Amerasians as Children of U.S. Citizens | I-360 |
| Revocation of Immigrant Visa Petition | None |
| Revoking Approval of Nonimmigrant Applications, Petitions, or Status | None |
| Special Agricultural Worker: Application for Temporary Residence | I-700 |
| Special Agricultural Worker: Termination of Temporary Resident Status | None |
| Termination of Authority to Issue Health Care Worker Certificates | None |
| Termination of Participation as Regional Center | None |
| Waivers of lnadmissibility under 212(g),(h), or (i) of the Act | I-601 |
| Waivers of Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement under 212(e) of the Act | I-612 |