dismissed H-1B Case: Computer Programming

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 10270656 
Appeal of California Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker (H-lB) 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : WL Y 20, 2020 
The Petitioner, a company engaged in custom computer programming services, seeks to temporarily 
employ the Beneficiary as a software developer under the H-lB nonimmigrant classification for specialty 
occupations. Immigration and Nationality Act section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. 
§ 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b). The H-lB program allows a U.S. employer to temporarily employ a qualified 
foreign worker in a position that requires both (a) the theoretical and practical application of a body 
of highly specialized knowledge and (b) the attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree in the specific 
specialty (or its equivalent) as a minimum prerequisite for entry into the position. 
The Director of the California Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner did 
not establish an employer-employee relationship with the Beneficiary, and did not establish that the 
Beneficiary had sufficient specialty occupation work to perform throughout the requested validity 
period. On appeal, the Petitioner asserts that the Director erred in the decision. 
U.S . Citizenship and Immigration Services records indicate that the Petitioner filed another Form 
1-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, seeking H-lB classification on behalf of the Beneficiary 
and that the petition was approved. Because the Beneficiary has been approved for H-lB employment 
with the Petitioner, further pursuit of the matter at hand is moot. 
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.