dismissed L-1A Case: Stone Trading
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the Petitioner failed to establish the Beneficiary had one continuous year of qualifying employment abroad. The Beneficiary had resided in the United States as a B-2 visitor since December 2017, and time spent in the U.S. does not count toward the foreign employment requirement. Additionally, the Beneficiary's prior nonimmigrant visa applications from 2014 and 2016 listed him as an unemployed student, contradicting the claimed employment history with the foreign entity.
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