dismissed L-1A Case: Retail Technology

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
Non-Precedent Decision of the
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : WL. 18, 2023 In Re: 27715514 
Appeal of California Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (L-lA Manager or Executi ve) 
The Petitioner , a provider of point-of-sale products and solutions for the retail and food service 
industries , seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary as vice president, operations under the L-1 A 
nonimmigrant classification for intracompany transferees . See Immigration and Nationality Act 
section 101(a)(l5)(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 California Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not 
establish , as required , that the Petitioner has a qualifying relationship with the Beneficiary 's foreign 
employer in Israel. The matter is now before us on appeal. 8 C.F.R. § 103.3. 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) records indicate that, while this appeal was 
pending , the Petitioner filed a new Form 1-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker , requesting L-lA 
classification on behalf of the Beneficiary , along with a change of nonimmigrant status . USCIS 
approved the petition for L-lA classification and granted the requested change of status, thus 
authorizing the Beneficiary's temporary employment with the Petitioner from June 5, 2023 until May 
7, 2026 . 
While the Petitioner has not withdrawn its appeal, the issues in this proceeding are now moot in light of 
the approval of a subsequent petition in the same nonimmigrant classification. Accordingly, the appeal 
will be dismissed . 
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed .