dismissed H-1B

dismissed H-1B Case: Financial Services

📅 Date unknown 👤 Company 📂 Financial Services

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed as moot. The AAO noted that the petitioner had filed another H-1B petition on behalf of the same beneficiary, which was subsequently approved, rendering the current appeal unnecessary.

Criteria Discussed

Specialty Occupation

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U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
MATTER OF B- LP 
APPEAL OF VERMONT SERVICE CENTER DECISION 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
DATE: SEPT. 12, 2019 
PETITION: FORM 1-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER 
The Petitioner , a multi-media international financial information services company, seeks to 
temporarily employ the Beneficiary as a "compliance product manager" under the H-1 B nonimmigrant 
classification for specialty occupations. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 
10l(a)(l5)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. § l 101(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 Vermont Service Center denied the petition , concluding that the record does not 
establish that the proffered position qualifies as a specialty occupation. On appeal, the Petitioner 
submits a brief and asserts that the Director erred in denying the petition. 
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. 
Cite as Matter of B- LP, ID# 4552693 (AAO Sept. 12, 2019)

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