dismissed H-1B Case: Wholesale Trade

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
MATTER OF T-H-, LLC DATE: APR. 27,2017 
APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER DECISION 
PETITION: FORM I-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER 
The Petitioner, a wholesale trade and export company, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary 
as a "purchasing agent" under the H-1B nonimmigrant classification for specialty occupations. See 
Immigration and Nationality Act section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(l5)(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 proffered position qualifies as a specialty occupation. 
After conducting a preliminary review of the record of proceedings, we sent the Petitioner a notice 
of intent to dismiss (NOID) the appeal. As of the date of this decision, the Petitioner has not 
responded to our notice. 
A benefit request may be summarily denied as abandoned, denied based on the record, or denied for 
both reasons if a petitioner or applicant does not respond to a NOID by the required date. 8 C.P.R. 
§ 103 .2(b )(13 )(i). Failure to submit requested evidence which precludes a material line of inquiry 
shall be grounds for denying the petition. 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(l4). 
Since the Petitioner has not responded to the NOID, we are summarily dismissing the appeal as 
abandoned. The remaining issues in this proceeding are thereby moot.' 
ORDER: The appeal is summarily dismissed as abandoned pursuant to 8 C.P.R. 
§ 103.2(b)(l3). 
Cite as Matter ofT-H-, LLC, ID# 264076 (AAO Apr. 27, 2017)