dismissed L-1A

dismissed L-1A Case: Art Education

📅 Date unknown 👤 Company 📂 Art Education

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed as moot because the petitioner had filed a second, separate L-1A petition for the same beneficiary which was subsequently approved. As the beneficiary already received the requested immigration benefit, further pursuit of the initial denied petition was deemed unnecessary.

Criteria Discussed

Qualifying Relationship

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MATTER OF A- INC.
Non-Precedent Decision of the
Administrative Appeals Office
DATE: SEPT. 21 , 2017
APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER DECISION
PETITION: FORM 1-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER
The Petitioner, a children's art education franchise, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary as its
chief executive officer under the L-1 A nonimmigrant classification for intracompany transferees.
See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 101(a)(15)(L) ,. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(L).
The L-1A classification allows a corporation or other legal entity (including its affiliate or subsidiary) to
transfer a qualifying foreign employee to the United States to work temporarily in a managerial or
executive capacity.
The Director, California Service Center, denied the petition. The Director concluded that the
evidence of record did not establish that the Petitioner has a qualifying relationship with the
Beneficiary's foreign employer.
We will dismiss the appeal as moot.
The Petitioner filed the present petition in 2016, and the Director denied it on April 7, 2017. U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services records show that the Petitioner later fi Jed a second petition ,
with receipt number in August 2017. The new petition sought the same L-1 A
classification for the Beneficiary as the present petition. The Director of the Vermont Service Center
approved that petition . Because another L-1A petition from this employer has been approved for the
Beneficiary, further pursuit of the matter at hand is moot.
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.
Cite as Matter of A-In c. , ID# 641740 (AAO Sept. 21, 2017)

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