dismissed
EB-1C
dismissed EB-1C Case: Business Management
Decision Summary
The motion to reconsider was dismissed on procedural grounds. The petitioner failed to state the reasons for reconsideration supported by pertinent precedent to establish the prior decision was incorrect, and also failed to include a required statement about whether the decision is the subject of any judicial proceeding.
Criteria Discussed
Qualifying Managerial Or Executive Capacity Abroad Qualifying Managerial Or Executive Capacity In The U.S.
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Identifying data deleted to . prevent clearly unw~ted invasion of personal pnvacy PUBLIC COpy u.s. Department of Homeland Security U. S. Citizenship and Inunigration Setvices Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) 20 Massachusetts Ave. N.W .. MS 2090 Washington, DC 20529-2090 u.s. Citizenship and Immigration Services FILE: OFFICE: NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER Date: MAR 15 2011 INRE: Petitioner: Beneficiary: PETITION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Multinational Executive or Manager Pursuant to Section 203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § I I 53(b)(1)(C) ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: INSTRUCTIONS: Enclosed please find the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All of the documents related to this matter have been returned to the office that originally decided your case. Please be advised that any further inquiry that you might have concerning your case must be made to that office. If you believe the law was inappropriately applied by us in reaching our decision, or you have additional information that you wish to have considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen. The specific requirements for filing such a request can be found at 8 C.F.R. § 103.5. All motions must be submitted to the office that originally decided your case by filing a Form 1-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, with a fee of $630. Please be aware that 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(I)(i) requires that any motion must be filed within 30 days of the decision that the motion seeks to reconsider or reopen. Thank you, Perry Rhew Chief, Administrative Appeals Office www.uscis.gov Page 2 DISCUSSION: The preference visa petition was denied by the Director, Nebraska Service Center. The appeal was dismissed. The matter is now before the AAO on motion to reconsider. The motion will be dismissed. The petitioner is a Missouri corporation that seeks to employ the beneficiary as its president. Accordingly, the petitioner endeavors to classify the beneficiary as an employment-based immigrant pursuant to section 203(b)(I )(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. § IIS3(b)(I )(C), as a multinational executive or manager. The director denied the petition based on two independent grounds of ineligibility: 1) the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary was employed abroad in a qualifying managerial or executive capacity; and 2) the petitioner failed to establish that it would employ the beneficiary in a managerial or executive capacity. The petitioner appealed the denial disputing the director's findings. The AAO dismissed the appeal based on the grounds cited in the director's decision and added two more grounds that had not been previously discussed. On motion, counsel submits a brief in which he asserts that the petition is approvable. Counsel's assertions on motion are not sufficient to overcome the various adverse findings that were cited in the director's denial and in the AAO's subsequent decision. The regulations at 8 C.F.R. § 103.S(a)(3) state, in pertinent part: A motion to reconsider must state the reasons for reconsideration and be supported by any pertinent precedent decisions to establish that the decision was based on an incorrect application of law or CIS policy. A motion to reconsider a decision on an application or petition must, when filed, also establish that the decision was incorrect based on the evidence of record at the time of the initial decision. In the instant matter, counsel does not cite any legal precedent or applicable law that would indicate an error on the part of the AAO in dismissing the petitioner's appeal. Therefore, the motion will be dismissed in accordance with 8 C.F.R. § I03.S(a)(4), which states, in pertinent part, that a motion that does not meet applicable requirements shall be dismissed. Furthermore, the motion shall be dismissed for failing to meet an applicable requirement. The regulation at 8 C.F.R. § 103.S(a)(I)(iii)(C) requires that motions be "[a]ccompanied by a statement about whether or not the validity of the unfavorable decision has been or is the subject of any judicial proceeding." In this matter, the motion does not contain the statement required by 8 C.F.R. § 103 .S(a)(I )(iii)(C). The regulation at 8 C.F.R. § J03.S(a)(4) states that a motion which does not meet applicable requirements must be dismissed. Therefore, because the instant motion did not meet the applicable filing requirements listed in 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(I)(iii)(C), it must also be dismissed for this reason. As a final note, the proper filing of a motion to reopen and/or reconsider does not stay the AAO's prior decision to dismiss an appeal or extend a beneficiary'S previously set departure date. 8 C.F.R. § 103.S(a)(I)(iv). • Page 3 In visa petition proceedings, the burden of proving eligibility for the benefit sought remains entirely with the petitioner. Section 291 of the Act, 8 U.s.C. § 1361. Here, the petitioner has not sustained that burden. ORDER: The motion is dismissed.
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