dismissed H-1B Case: Semiconductor Manufacturing

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
MATTER OF I- CORP. 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
DATE: SEPT. 20, 2019 
APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER DECISION 
PETITION: FORM 1-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER 
The Petitioner, a semiconductor manufacturer, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary under the 
H-lB nonimmigrant classification for specialty occupations. Immigration and Nationality Act section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. § 110l(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 that the Beneficiary is qualified to perfonn the duties of the proffered position. 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services records indicate that the Petitioner filed another Form 
1-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, 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 1- Corp., ID# 3934342 (AAO Sept. 20, 2019)