dismissed L-1A Case: Retail Business

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
office of Administrative Appeals, MS 2090 
Washington, DC 20529-2090 
U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
FILE: EAC 09 015 50774 Office: VERMONT SERVICE CENTER Date: 
IN RE: 
PETITION: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker Pursuant to Section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 5 1 lOl(a)(lS)(L) 
ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
This is the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All documents have been returned to 
the office that originally decided your case. Any further inquiry must be made to that office. 
If you believe the law was inappropriately applied or you have additional information that you wish to have 
considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen. Please refer to 8 C.F.R. tj 103.5 for the 
specific requirements. All motions must be submitted to the office that orignally decided your case by filing a 
Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, with a fee of $585. Any motion must be filed withn 30 days of the 
decision that the motion seeks to reconsider, as required by 8 C.F.R. 9 103.5(a)(l)(i). 
U 
Perry Rhew 
Chief, Administrative Appeals Office 
EAC 09 015 50774 
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DISCUSSION: The Director, Vermont Service Center, denied the nonimmigrant visa petition. The 
matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The AAO will dismiss 
the appeal. 
The petitioner filed this nonimmigrant petition seeking to the beneficiary as an L-1A nonimmigrant 
intracompany transferee pursuant to section 101 (a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(the Act), 8 U.S.C. 8 1101(a)(15)(L). The petitioner, a Texas limited liability company, intends to 
engage in the retail business. It seeks to employ the beneficiary as the president and chief executive 
officer of its new office in the United States. 
The director denied the petition on January 22, 2009, concluding that the petitioner failed to 
establish that the beneficiary would be employed in the United States in a managerial or executive 
capacity. On appeal, counsel for the petitioner asserts that the director's decision to deny the petition 
was in error. 
A review of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services records indicates that this beneficiary is also the 
beneficiary of an approved employment-based immigrant visa petition filed by the petitioner. The 
beneficiary adjusted status to that of a U.S. permanent resident as of March 5, 2009. While the 
petitioner has not withdrawn the appeal in this proceeding, it would appear that the beneficiary is 
presently a lawful permanent resident and the issues in this proceeding are moot. Therefore, this 
appeal is dismissed. 
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.