dismissed L-1A

dismissed L-1A Case: Media Production

📅 Date unknown 👤 Company 📂 Media Production

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed because the issue was moot. The Beneficiary had already adjusted status to a permanent resident through a separate I-140 petition before the appeal was adjudicated, making further pursuit of the nonimmigrant L-1A petition unnecessary.

Criteria Discussed

Managerial Or Executive Capacity Mootness

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U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 11856570 
Appeal of California Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for L-lA Manager or Executive 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : JAN. 25, 2021 
The Petitioner, describing itself as a media and television production company, seeks to temporarily 
employ the Beneficiary as its general manager in the United States under the L-lA nonirnmigrant 
classification for intracompany transferees. See Immigration and Nationality Act 
section 101(a)(15)(L) , 8 U.S.C. § l 101(a)(15)(L). 
The Director of the California Service Center denied the petition, concluding the record did not 
establish that the Beneficiary would be employed in a managerial or executive capacity. The matter 
is now before us on appeal. 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate that a Form 1-140, Immigrant 
Petition for an Alien Worker filed on behalf of the Beneficiary was filed and approved before the 
instant appeal. USCIS records further show that a Form 1-485, Application to Register Permanent 
Residence or Adjust Status was approved subsequent to the filing of this appeal and that the 
Beneficiary was issued a Permanent Resident Card on October 29, 2020. As the Beneficiary is 
presently a permanent resident, further pursuit of this matter is moot. 
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.

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