L-1A Dismissed — Retail (2022): did not establish it qualified as a 'new office.' Although

Decision Summary

The motion was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that it qualified as a 'new office.' Although it was a new legal entity, it was created by the same foreign parent to continue operating the same grocery store at the same location after a prior L-1A extension for the same beneficiary under an affiliate was denied. The petitioner's claim of a new business model was raised late and was not supported by sufficient evidence.

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