dismissed EB-1B Case: Research

(b)(6)
Date: NOV 1 8 2014 Office: TEXAS SERVICE CENTER 
INRE : Petitioner : 
Beneficiary: 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
U.S. Citizenshi p a nd Immigra tion Services 
Office of Administrative Appeals 
20 Massa chus etts Ave., N.W .. MS 2090 
Washington . DC 20529-2090 
U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
FILE: 
PETlTION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as Outstanding Professor or Researcher Pursuant to 
Section 203(b)(l)(B) ofthe Immigration and Nationality Act , 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(I)(B) 
ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
Enclosed please find the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in your case. This is a non­
precedent decision. The AAO does not announce new constructions of law nor establish agency policy 
through non-precedent decisions. 
DISCUSSION: The employment-based immigrant visa petition was denied by the Director, Texas Service 
Center on March 7, 2014 . The matter is now before the AAO on appeal. On September 29, 2014 , the 
petitioner, through counsel , requested that the petition be withdrawn. The regulation at 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(6) , 
however , indicates that an application or petition may not be withdrawn once a decision is issued by U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services. Notwithst anding this provision , even if the grounds of ineligibility in 
this matter were to be overcome on appe al, this reque st to withdraw the petition now renders it subject to 
automatic revocation without prior notice . See 8 C.F.R. § 205.1 (a)(J)(iii)(C). Therefore , as the request to 
withdraw the original petition was received before the issuance ofthe AAO's decision in this matter, the issues 
in this proceeding are now moot, and the appeal will be dismiss ed on this basis. 
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ORDER: The appeal is dismissed as moot. 
Thank you, 
!.ferg 
Chief, Administrative Appeals Office