dismissed
EB-1C
dismissed EB-1C Case: Marble And Granite Products
Decision Summary
The director initially denied the petition for abandonment because the petitioner failed to submit requested evidence. The AAO rejected the appeal, stating that it lacks jurisdiction because regulations explicitly state that no appeal may be filed from a denial for abandonment.
Criteria Discussed
Denial For Abandonment Jurisdiction To Appeal Failure To Submit Evidence
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security 20 Mass. Ave., N.W , Rm. A3042 Wash~ngton, DC 20529 identifying data deleted to prevent clealy unwmted invasion of personal privacy PUBLIC COPY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Petition: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Multinational Executive or Manager Pursuant to 1 Section 203(b)(l)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(l)(C) INSTRUCTIONS: This is the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All documents have been returned to the office that originally decided your case. Any further inquiry must be made to that office. / P. W~emann, Director Administrative Appeals Office WAC 05 117 53644 Page 2 DISCUSSION: The Director, California Service Center, denied the employment-based immigrant visa petition. The matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The appeal will be rejected. The petitioner is an organization incorporated in the State of California in March 2001. It imports, distributes, and engineers marble and granite products. It seeks to employ the beneficiary as its vice-president. Accordingly, the petitioner endeavors to classify the beneficiary as an employment-based immigrant pursuant to section 203(b)(l)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. 9 1153(b)(l)(C), as a multinational executive or manager. On June 16, 2005, noting that the record was deficient, the director requested additional evidence in support of the petition. On September 28, 2005, the director determined that the petitioner had failed to submit the requested evidence and denied the petition for abandonment, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. 8 103.2(b)(15). The director correctly informed the petitioner that no appeal would lie from the decision. Regardless, counsel for the petitioner submitted a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal dated October 12, 2005. Counsel asserted that the response documents were timely mailed to the California Service Center and requested that the matter be reopened. The official having jurisdiction over a motion is the official who made the last decision in the proceeding, in this case the service center director. See 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(l)(ii). The AAO is without jurisdiction to reopen the matter as the regulations provide that no appeal lies from the denial of a petition for abandonment. 8 C.F.R. 103.2(b)(15). As there is no appeal from the director's denial, the petitioner's appeal must be rejected and the matter returned to the California Service Center for any further action, the director deems appropriate. ORDER: The appeal is rejected.
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