dismissed
EB-1C
dismissed EB-1C Case: Utilities Solutions
Decision Summary
The director initially denied the petition, finding the petitioner failed to establish the beneficiary's proposed U.S. employment would be in a qualifying managerial or executive capacity. The AAO summarily dismissed the appeal because the petitioner failed to identify any specific erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact in the director's decision and did not submit a brief or additional evidence.
Criteria Discussed
Qualifying Managerial Or Executive Capacity
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(b)(6)
DATMAY 2 3 _2013 OFFICE: TEXAS SERVICE CENTER
INRE: Petitioner:
Beneficiary:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
20 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., MS 2090
Washington, DC 20529-2090
U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration
Services
FILE:
PETITION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Multinational Executive or Manager Pursuant to
Section 203(b )(I )(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S. C. § ll53(b )(l )(C)
ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER:
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 AAO inappropriately applied the law in reaching its decision, or you have additional
information that you wish to have considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen in
accordance with the instructions on Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, with a fee of $630. The
specific requirements for filing such a motion can be found at 8 C.P.R. § 103.5. Do not file any motion
directly with the AAO. Please be aware that 8 C.P.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(i) requires any motion to be filed within
30 days of the decision that the motion seeks to reconsider or reopen.
T~
f_Ron Rosenberg
Acting Chief, Administrative Appeals Office
(b)(6)
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DISCUSSION: The Director, Texas Service Center, ("the director") denied the preference visa
petition. The matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The appeal
will be summarily dismissed.
The petitioner is a Florida corporation initially organized in January 1983. The petitioner states on
the Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, that it is engaged in providing business
solutions for energy, water and sewer utilities, employs 18 personnel, and reported a gross annual
income of $14,400,000 when the petition was filed. It seeks to employ the beneficiary as its director
of operations. Accordingly, the petitioner endeavors to classify the beneficiary as an employment
based immigrant pursuant to section 203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act),
8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(l)(C), as a multinational executive or manager.
On September 12, 2012, the director denied the petition determining that the petitioner failed to
establish that the beneficiary's proposed employment with the U.S. entity would be within a
qualifying managerial or executive capacity.
The petitioner subsequently filed an appeal. The director declined to treat the appeal as a motion and
forwarded the appeal to the AAO. On the Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, counsel for the
petitioner checked the box indicating that a brief and/or additional evidence would be submitted to
the AAO within 30 days. On the Form I-290B, counsel reiterated that a brief and/or additional
evidence would be submitted to the AAO within 30 days. The record indicates that the petitioner did
not file a brief or supplemental evidence within the allowed timeframe. The AAO will consider the
record complete as presently constituted.
The regulations at 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(l)(v) state, in pertinent part:
An officer to whom an appeal is taken shall summarily dismiss any appeal when
the party concerned fails to identify specifically any erroneous conclusion of law
or statement of fact for the appeal.
Upon review, the AAO concurs with the director's decision and will affirm the denial of the petition.
The record on appeal does not resolve the deficiencies in the record identified by the director. The
petitioner does not identify an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact in the director's denial as
a basis for the appeal. As the petitioner does not present additional evidence or argument on appeal
sufficient to overcome the decision of the director, the appeal will be summarily dismissed in accordance
with 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(l)(v).
The petition will be denied and the appeal dismissed for the above stated reason. 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 met that burden.
Accordingly, the appeal will be summarily dismissed.
ORDER: The appeal is summarily dismissed. Avoid the mistakes that led to this denial
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