L-1A Dismissed — Furniture Import (2005): did not establish the beneficiary would be employed in a

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or executive capacity. The director noted the beneficiary was the sole employee, likely performing the day-to-day services of the business, and the petitioner lacked the organizational complexity to support such a position. A secondary issue raised was whether the beneficiary was barred from working under Executive Order 13059 due to the parent company's location in Iran.

Criteria Discussed

Sign up free to download the original PDF