dismissed L-1A

dismissed L-1A Case: Information Technology

📅 Date unknown 👤 Company 📂 Information Technology

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed because the case was rendered moot. The Beneficiary had already been granted lawful permanent resident status based on a separate approved immigrant petition, making the temporary L-1A extension no longer necessary.

Criteria Discussed

Qualifying Relationship

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U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration
Services
Non-Precedent Decision of the
Administrative Appeals Office
Date : JUN. 23, 2023 In Re: 27443671
Appeal of Texas Service Center Decision
Form 1-129, Petition for a Nonimrnigrant Worker (L-lA Manager or Executive)
The Petitioner, an information technology services company, seeks to extend the Beneficiary's
temporary employment as its data analytics manager under the L-lA nonimrnigrant 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-lA 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 of the Texas Service Center denied the petition concluding that the record did not
establish that the Petitioner has a qualifying relationship with the Beneficiary's foreign employer. The
matter is now before us on appeal. 8 C.F .R. § 103 .3.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate that the Beneficiary of this
petition is also the beneficiary of an approved immigrant petition (Form 1-140) filed by the Petitioner.
Based on that approved petition, he was granted lawful permanent resident status on March 13, 2022.
While the Petitioner has not withdrawn its appeal, the issues in this proceeding are now moot in light of
the Beneficiary's permanent resident status. Accordingly, the appeal will be dismissed.
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.

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