L-1A Dismissed — Restaurant And Property Development (2006): did not establish the beneficiary had one continuous year

Decision Summary

The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary had one continuous year of employment abroad within the three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition. The petitioner argued that the qualifying period should be calculated from the beneficiary's first application for admission to the U.S. in a different status, but the AAO found that regulations unambiguously require the employment to be within three years of the petition's filing date.

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