dismissed H-1B Case: Information Technology

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
MATTER OF B-S-S-, INC. 
APPEAL OF VERMONT SERVICE CENTER DECISION 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
DATE: SEPT. 25, 2019 
PETITION: FORM 1-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER 
The Petitioner , an information technology consulting services company, seeks to temporarily employ 
the Beneficiary as a "quality assurance analyst" under the H-lB nonimmigrant classification for 
specialty occupations. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the 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 Vermont Service Center denied the petition , concluding that the evidence of record 
does not establish that the proffered position qualifies as a specialty occupation . 
On appeal, the Petitioner submits a brief and contends that the petition should be approved. We will 
dismiss the appeal. 
We sent a sent a notice to the Petitioner. The Petitioner was afforded 33 days to respond to the notice; 
however , the Petitioner did not respond within the allotted timeframe, or any time since then . A benefit 
request may be denied as abandoned, denied based on the record , or denied for both reasons if a 
petitioner does not respond to a request for evidence or a notice of intent to dismiss by the required 
date. 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(13)(i). Therefore, the appeal will be dismissed as abandoned because the 
Petitioner did not respond to our request within the time permitted. 
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed as abandoned pursuant to 8 C.F .R. § 103 .2(b )(13)(i). 
Cite as Matter of B-S-S-, Inc., ID# 4779854 (AAO Sept. 25, 2019)