dismissed EB-3 Case: Recycling

IL S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
FILE: WAC 03 156 52936 Office: C:%T.,iFUItW%A SERVICE; CEN'T'ER Date: a 2 4 2206 
PLTI'B'II3N: lxrmignanc petlr~or: for ,4Iien Worker as a Skilied Worker irr Prsfessioi:ai purnlan'r to section 
203(b)(.?) of the Immigmtion and Nationality i!%st, 8 U.S.C. 5 1153ib)j_3 j 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
l'bis is the de..cisior? of'the ildministrative A-ppeals Of5ce in yam case. Ali docurnerlrs have bcen retun-ied to 
ihc ipffi'fice that originally decided yct-,ir case. Any fhrther -inquiry inusc be made to tkat office. 
Robert P. Wicn~ant:. C'hirf' 
Adrriinisfriltf vir Appeds OfEce 
DXSCUSSIIBaN: <Ihe preferei:ct. visa petition apyr-oval was denied by llre Director, Caiihrnia Service byenter, 
a!ld is rrow Ereiore rbe Administrative Appcals Offke (AAO) on appeal. The appeal will be dismissed. 
Tfie peljtiuner is a cc3rysrntion ?ha:, operates a recycl-ing plant. It seeks to en~ploy the bent:fic.iary permanently 
in the United States 2s a v~cycling rrranagen.. As requjred by stat~~tc., the petition is accotnpanied by a Foml 
E'TR 750: !?rj:piication fbr Alien Enlploymerlt Certificatior?, approi:ed by the Deparirrlcl-ti of L.abor. 'The 
director determined that the pelitic~ner had rrot established that the hener'iciary has not ]act the miniinurn 
requrrerr~crrts of the Alien Enipluyl-nent Api3licaeio11 at the tine th? the reyuest for certification was i:ied. 
~~exe~-i~~'i:, the Ix-!iefieiary was not eligible fcir tine job irffered by the petitioner. 'll~e director denied petition 
ayprova! accordingly. 
Or; appeal. the counsel submits an exp1anstoi-y ,ieir;e: and additional evidence. 
Section 203(i?)(3)jA)(i) of the in~migrstion and Natjonnli~:: Ac: (the Act), 8 U.S.C. $ I 153(b)[:1.)iA)(r), 
pro~ides Cur the grantjng of preference classification to qualified irnmipai~ts ivho ale capable, ai the tirnc of 
jrrctition~ng Tor classification u~der this pardgraph, of perfi,r?ning skilled labor (reynirirrg at least two years 
tralrrirrg ox e..,perience), nut of a temporary nanjrc, for .which quajified worker-s are Tlot asfailable in the Iiriited 
States. 
?'he rilgujatiori at 8 C:FR 5 204.5(l ji3 )(ii) siatcs, 'in peifinent part: 
(A) Gen~rtrd. Any reqtkerrients, (31' training or experience for skilled wurkerst prolessionals, or 
other ~iorker:~ riliis: be srippo~ted by letters knm trainers or- m7pIuyt~s giving the name, ad&-ess, 
and title oftlie harner. or empIoyer, and a descriptiurr of the training received or file expericj~ce of 
the alierr. 
(Bi SkiIled i.:)orl<el=a.. If tI:e petition is fiir 3 skilled worker, the pei-itjon must be ;iccnrnp;inicd by 
evidence lhzt the alien rllcezs the sduczrtional, trairiing or expel-!ewe, and any other requiren~ents 
of the indi\,!idual labor certification, meets the requirements 16r Schediiie A delesignation, c3r ri~eets 
A:- ;, t, @ requirements SOT the fJabor h+/iai;ket ht'isnation Pilizt .Rog~-an~ ocarlpatio~~ desigilr:atrr>r~, The 
~ninirnurn requ~rements fi?r this classification are at ieast two ycars o[xa!ning ar experience. 
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 i!4.5(: j(2) slates, in per-linen: par-t: 
"P3r~~fePc.~ic~~tiri nlesns a y~raliiied ahen who holds at leas? a l,kited States baccalaureate degrec or a foreign 
eqi,irz.a!ent ilegee and who is a n~erl,er ofthe prc>lss~ons." 
13rc1f)3.i',xivnsis. If the petition is for a professionaI. the petition rnust be accompanied by 
evrdence that the aiicn I-toIds a United Srates baccalaurctate de&gree or ;4 foreign equivalrnt 
degree and by evidence tilai he ahen is a metnher of the proi'essions. Evidence of a 
baccaia~ireaie &pee shal: bc in ale form of an oftkial coliege or university record sbou~ing 
the dais ;iie baccalaureate degree was awarded and the area ofcol?centmtion of study. 
If tlae j:,eiiliul-t 1s for- a prcsfessior:al ptrrsua-ni to S C'.F.It,..$2Od.S(1). then, the petitioner mclst demonstrate that 
the beneficiary ~ceived a llrlited Siiit~s tsaccalaurente degree or an eclt~ivalrnt fol-eig~~ dcgee j>rlcx to the 
psiiirity date. the day the F'onn E'P'IZ 750 was accepted lor processing by ally office withit: the en~pioyr:?ent 
system cr1 thr 'Jleparrtment of Labm-. Here, ti-tc Form ETA 750 was accep~ed %r processing or? Occobrr 7 
200'7. T1-1t: pcfifii~rlel- sekcted in Part 2, bo:< "e" of tlze -140 pelition. 'Thai selection states. '",A prufsssicrrrai 
(at a rnil-rimin:. possessing a bachelor's degree or a foreign dekgree eqsiva1ei:t ti? a t1.S. bachelor's degrse) or a 
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skjlled worker. (requiring at least two years of specizi~zed trzrlrrii-rg or experience)." 
 Here, lfle iabvr 
cei-tificaiion resju~red a Ir3achelot-'s Lkg~ee in Managerne~t or a relaled field. 111 the alterr~at~ve, the petitioner 
stated in the I&ov certit;c~tio:, that a relatcd occupaiiun would be "fix years experience In purchasing, 
sejling paper. plastic Ac rnti [:sic] required." 
'I'he petitimer ~mst demmsb-nle riiat. i?rl the priorit), kite, the beneficiary flsd the quaiific;atims stated on its Fvml 
ES>2 750 .4~3plication for Alic.:~ E~nploynzent Cc-rtif-icatro;~ as certified by the 1J.S. T)eya~;m?ent of I,abor and 
submnit~ed wiih tl-ie instmi petiiion. h!'aftel- iifFiu,g:i. Tea. Nr)zat., 16 IBN Dec. 158 (Act. Reg, Comrr?. 1977). 
l.lere, the Fornl. z'f',\ 750 vias accepted 
 October 26, 2001, ?'he prof'fej-ed wage ;is stated on the Fixm El'!\ 
'750 is $3l,i)OO.Oi:r per year. TI-te Form ETA 750 states llpt the pos;rion req~i~es five years of experience, 
Wiiir the pciitiori. courlsel submitted tbc followirrg documents: an explanatory iettei. 5on1 the petitioner; the 
origirjai Form ETA 750. ,4pplicntion for Ajien Err~pli?ynent Cellification, approved by the Department of 
%,abar, jncon~e tax returns of peiilioner, and, copies of docrmn?entat!i>n concerning the beneficiary's 
qw~liiica:io~s as well as orl~er docrrmen~ation. 
'%he 1-130 petitim ivas filed September IS, 2003. A requesi for evideilce was issued July 16, 2004. Consistent 
with rile recluirenlents csi 6 c:.F.R. 204.5 4 (!)(3)(ij j, the dirrclor requested, ir1fr.r aliir, evidence of ?he beneiiciarj's 
experience Fk in [hi' form  of'^ letter Is) fril~in the heneficia-y's previo~is en~ployer-s givlng tbs WJK~C, addrcss, arid 
title of the perso:i veritZ,irrg the iilfi>nriat~on, 8116 a descriptiols o:' the beneficiary's title, duties and dates of' 
en~ployrncn~~experier~c~i;: and number of hours wvrkrked ezch week. 
1:: resp~wsr to (fir'  at)^^,^, the pcktrol-tcr proc-rkd a? b,i~glrd-r language letter dated July 23. 2004. 
'I alwar!, R.O.C. 
Accol-ding to :,hr ietter, the beneficiary pr-[~nzril.: siltaly~eci the contents 01 scrap inetal, and r>Cber recycling 
matct-ials fuil time 416 hours each week. 
'l'he directcir denied the pstition on Decentber 13, 2O0-4, findjng that lfre petitioner had not est.al>lis?~ed tbdt the 
be2eficiar-y fras the reqiiisite cxpcrience a.5 spaled on ihe Iabi~r cel"cificat.tios.pelltiorr. 
The issue to be discussed in this case is wlxethei crr not the petntirmes had ?stabljs?~ed that the beneficiary has the 
rpqrlisite exper-icnce as stated on the Iabor cc~tiiicar~on perltii?~i, 'To be eligible fix- appri?s/al, a beneficizry must 
have ~->e education and ex!ser!ezce :+pcc:fied on the labor certification. SC~P 12h:r~r {!f il't'ing 2 ?;IS Ffi~ti.~~, 16 J&.N 
Dec. IS8 (!kt. Reg. C'orn~n. 19773. 
'%'(I detcmjne tvhett~crr a her?efici:lry is eligible for an employment based inmigalst visa, C:i.tizmship & 
1n-t:nigrat;vn Scrv!ces (CIS) nw::t excm.l;rre whcther the alien's creden?mls meet ifle requirements set fi~2l-i in the 
labor cenil':cat~cm. k ev;iinatinp B:e bcocficisty's quaiificalloiss, CIS mmrst iook to the job offer. poi'rion of the 
labor cefiification to determirie the reqinreci qualificat~ons for the positiim. CIS may riot ignore a tcr-tn of the 
Isbur certiiica~lon. Itor may it inipose additic?nal req:.iiiemerrts. 
 See .hfiriicr cf S'ih)c.~ Urngotl C'iziric..c.i: 
Ji~.~r<~~irti>lf, I9 l&N Dec. 401. 406 {Comrr:. 1986). A'cc c;/,~n, :%fulrrf~jn3; v. Sjrritlz, 695 F.2d 4008, (D.C. Cir. 
1983); K R.K inir;c, 1:rc. v. Lurtchrt, 699 F.2~1 1006 (0th Cir. 1983); S~cwfirr I~ifia-Ri~rl bTc~~!zfrlis:cary ql' 
i2:liis.iacit?we:t.s, i~ic. Y. C'oizni:)., 661 E.%d I I l si Cir. 1% 1 ). 
WAC 03 256 52rli6 
P3ge 1 
In the iirsfant csse, the Application fbr rlijen Empioyrrent C'erliijcarjon. Fom~ Er.4-750A. :terns 3 3 2nd 14, set 
fctr-th ihejoij &ties. n~ininrilm educaiiorr. training, ai7,d e~;;psncnc.e that an xppiicarlt n-ttisr; havc hr the position of a 
recyci~ng manager. 
"Neyoiiarc ~-i;h vencfirrrs? t~ain in-Iiousc: personnel, and oversee coliection & processing 
op~~dtions." 
14. Education ........................................ 
Grade Sclloof 8 
EHigl: School 3 
C:ollege 3 
Coiiegi. Degl-ce Required -. Bachelors ..... .... T.1-q 
Major Field of Study 
 - %fai~agerr~gtjS~sg~.g~gj~j ...... 
'r~-air! i ng Biat~k 
Experience .............................................. 
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Job Offered 
Y e;irs!'Manths 
 -. S/Blank ...... - 
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Relaled Occupatjo~n 
.Y ea~s~%tontlls RI;!nk 
Ucdated Occ~pation ((spec;e) 
 --. five vears .... e:~crle.:ice .. -. ....... i~z~c:!:!~:s&..~ssj& 
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TI:e certl'ried ETA Form 750 Part $3, Section I 1 s?~;tlecrl tl:at d~e lseseficiary is a pdduate of Kmsas Newntan 
College, Wichita, Kansas canting a Rxilelor of Al-is degree' in Business Adnlirlisaation having attcndect from 
August 1989 through Jrirle 1993. 
In rht: instant case, The !lAj)171ication for Allen Employnlent C'eriifizaticm, Fom~ ETA-?SOB, item 15. set forth 
work experiel-rce that the txiref?eiary ilsted fo~ tlne pos1r3on of recycling ma11ager: 
5. WORK EXPERIENCE 
Month --- Present C1.c. CIctolxr I tj, 211111 1 
K1.bD C>F BUS WESS 
Recycling C:ornpany 
DESCTl..iHE IK DE'T,LS$I, Dti'T'fES. .. 
7. - -3 
1 ize dipinma sahmificd specified ihzi ibe beneficiary :u::s awarded a Bachelor. of Scierlcc deg~.ee. 
I..lsed cofipgtters to analyze tihe contci~ts of scmp mrtat. 
 Managed and rdn day-to-ck~y 
iiperzion of plant. 
NO. OF HOURS PER WEEK 
40 
'J'he dir-ecwr req::.estesl an investigaoi?n be cor1~1wt.cd of the beneiiciary's joh espw-ienee as stxed with E:iserico & 
Ninrco Co.. Ltrrl. FI-onr Fchmary 1995 Zs at least OC~~AEX 16; 2001 t11e date flza~ lhe beneficiary sig~red the Fom: 
ETA 750 Psi B. Acconjing to the investiga-tion report. the president of' the employer Esserlco & Ecko is thc 
arid he told investigators that Ole hxisiness was divided into thee compatzies. 
and they all have the sarrre address, telepl~one 
ffi'frcial ernployn-lent records that stated that Lhe he13eticiat-y vias 
"wder the basic level en-rpjoyee salary." 
onty e21ployed a full ti~ne cashjer sad 
part-time bimkkeeper 1-n alle:~cfasce asd thrzt tkc~e was,&<? direct efi~ploynrent iier!fication from tl~at cornpaszy of 
the bmsfici;uy's enlpfoyrnent ecxperiei~ce ai thnt locat;i?~~. :?hlsr?, accoriiizg to n~val!'dc.~arture records fionl 
'Faiwar,. R.O.C., the beneficiary had spent appri~xlmately three nrmths exh yeas in 'T'aiwarr (with the rest of time 
out of'the country), irr the years ielidirrg tip :s, October 2001. 
I.!pr?r~ appzal. coul~sel asserts dmt !here is no d~rect eviiiefice that the beneticia1-y "in fact docs not rnetti the 
minimuin qiiali17catii?ns of the jol; ofYered." Cuunsel asserts that tb.e director's fjndirag  as based on incornplefi'. 
Ixarsay ev!dence arzd ccu~~iect~u'e. 
Co~msel subnits ns addieioaal evjdence on zppeai copies of the filletwing documents: Riiuran, WCIC, Coryoraf on 
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Mrgisuatio~ certificate for 
 alsvan; a cornpmjl brochure fo; the Essei~co 
& Nirrrco Grwp x~ith rt colnpnn;: history of iqxlatrons: an srgmization;il drafi; an equipme~zt'faciliQ sunlrrrary; a 
disn;n7ar,tIi11g and processij-tg winrnzary: and, the beneficiary's labor insurai~ce almnzary; arrd, "V~rious Zrri:onze 
Witlziluldir~g C'ertif-;cat<." 
While counsel ;iil,nir;s that the i>eneficirrry was ol;C of the country of 'r'aiwa1-t exterisii;ely becore October 280 i , i-te 
~SSCITS hat t1-I< bcr?.efici;i~-y was on cornpaiyy business. and tlm the investigator 2nd director's assumptiorr was 
circim~s?d:~t~al on *is point. '%'his asse~?ion begs the question c~f the benet-iciaiy's du~ies as a recycling mai:ager in 
Taiwan errxpioqed fiill tinre, 40 hours each week to perform duties that are described as "Negotjatz with vendor-s, 
wain in-ho~~st. personnel, aricI oversee cnllectior: X processing opwdtions" in tire labor certificate. and drsa-ibed in 
ETA 550 Pa2 B, sect in:^ 15 as 'YJsed con~putel-s io airaly~e the con~ents of scrap n~ehl. hlanaged and ran day-to- 
rJay opc~dtiurr oc pian?." The AAO does riot ijnd it crecljhie that the be~eticiar 
nine months each yeax prior :c:, 2001 and also be el-nployed fuii time by 
Kaohsiu~g, Tai\,.ran performing the dirties. 
C~~insel's espiana~ii?n bvould identify another con~pa~i:; j(Yl3 position requiring business travel not related to the 
managerial cjuties rtescrikd and as outlined in tl~e snttais ciisnmntiing md processing sumrnaFyr rnerllioned above. 
T'he probierx: that arises in this case is the rnuiiiple ineonsistetlcies in info~mation provided by the benefjcialy, 
and, the lack of ci-e2ihj.e evidence of the rjccupation from the pior e;np!:ojrer. :Ijfufte~. otJ'.Hi~. 19 1kX Dec. 582, 
591 {8lA 19881 states: .'Doubt cast orz any zspec: of the petitioner's proof may, of coilrse, Icad to a 
reevaluation of the reliability anc': sufficiency crrf the re-n-taining eviderlcc oflered i;~ ~tippCjrt of' the v-isa 
petition." hf(rtft.>- r$i-io, I9 I&N Dee. at 591-592 sist~ starer;: "It is mu-mlbent ori the petitioner to r-esoi~e aily 
inconsisiei-tcies in the .record by ir~deper~dent csl.7~c'cli);e eifiilence, and attempts to cuplain or recor~cile such 
inconsistencies, zbser~t compcterlt ob.jective evicierice poirrting to wI?.er~ the truth. in Gtct, lies, will not 
sLiftice:. 
As nle!:t-ioncd above, [he record o' prr~ceedlng ccrrlttains n~~~lrltiplc incortsistrncies. 'The job described jn fie 
laisrjr ccertjfication does rloi date ti? tile traveling posltiow; tlrat the beneficiary has undertaken during the 
pel-lod exarxined. There is no cons-adicfion that the kneiiciary actuoiiy spent three n~onihs out cof eac,h year- 
in Taiwlui~, yet, the petitiorier as:;el-is &at durirlg the same tiine tlre kne5ciary wor1it.d ns a recycling marlager 
in '8'aiwatl 40 hours each week. while travelirrg :~IProad. There is a consiiterltblc and unexplained overlap in 
time for these endea-vors. I;u;iher, il~e invesfrigator rej:oorteil that the beneficiary was i~ts~ireif based upon the 
"bzsic level salary.'' ?"hat is rlcsl as 3 ntanagcr. 'I'he petitioner did not explain or provide aiidiliulsal 
irr:%rn~atior, conce~ning this fact. 'T'he AAO concurs with: tI:e director's detemination that no probative 
e:i;dence estaljIisfres that the beneficiary has two ycsrs of experience as a recycling specialist. 
As hinit in the record of proceedings, iiie jnvestigation conducteiS isy tile I.:iniZed States Enlbassy revealed 
that the statenlent of experience and sworrr sta:err~eiits submitied with the 1-140 and labor cer-tificatics~~ were 
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inconsisteni. I herefore: the statements of occupational experience in Foml ETA 75OR is incnrrskfenr as they 
were dune, in part. coneurrestly, and while llre beneficiary traveled out nf his courntry. Furtherl what cou~tsel 
asserts the beneficiwj actually did for. his con-tpany and the labor cerl-if>calion job description EYA 750 Pans 
h and B are nt vnriance iil a nurnber of tmexplained ways, 'I3erefore the prepit-itdera~ice of the evider~ce does 
not sltow that the beneficiary does have the job exper-ience stated in ETA 750 Part 8. 
Beyond B:r decisjon of the director, CIS electxor~ic clatabase records show thai the petitioner filed 1-1-40 
petiiisns on behaif oi'or~e csthel- benefi'ieia~y at about the ;same iinre as Ble ~nsial-tt petition was filed. r2Ith0~gill 
the evidence irr the instant case in6icated friar~cial resources oi' the peiitioncr greater thm the beneficiary's 
prot'ii~ed wage, it w~~lld be necessary for the petitioner also to establish its ab~lity ttc? cuncurre~tly pay the 
prafferecd wage to any other beneijciary or beneficiaries Tor ivi~orn petitrons have been approved or may he 
pendli-tg. Acce>rcling to ihe CTS record rrun~bei. :#Ad: 03 256 52964, [lie emplloy1r,2rrr based petition Sled for 
alien beneficla 
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is c:clrrently pen din^. It was filed at approximately the same time as the 
subject peti~ion an, c?llers t :at a ten a wage of $32,573.09 per year. When a petirioi~er itas fiiei! pcfitiorlr for 
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inultiple ber:eficiai-rcs, rt 1s the 1:oetitioner's burde1-t to esfab:isI~ its ability to ptty the proffered wage to each oC 
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the p~tentl;ii beneficiaries. Ttre two prol:fered wagcs trsta! $1 13,573.00." 
The burderz of pruof in these proceedii-rgs rests solely with &e petiticrner. Sectio~l 291 of tfre Act, 8 [I.S.G. 
3 130i. 'Tjie ;seti:ioner had itot cstahlished that the beneficiary lras the requisite experience as stated or1 tl-te !:abor 
certificaxion petition. 'T'he petitioner- ltas not me: that burden. 
ORDER: 'i'!:e getitiori is $i::~~~issed 
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- Ihe petitioi~er has suhmittecl i!~rce I.i.S. federal tax r.c:t~irr,s jIRS Fornrs 1210 aiid 1120S) stating taxable 
inccjnje (.Lines 28 or 2! respectiwlyi of $62,236.00, 52Si.8S5.00 and 975,819.06? for years 2001, 2002 and 
2003. 'rhe record In the ~nsunf petition tvrruld fa!: to establish the ability of the tnetirio~er to pay the prof'f'erect 
urages to ihc benrficiaries offbe en:ploymerzt based visrr petitions -now pei~ditlg. IE this mat:tel- is pursueif, this 
issue should he consiilered.