sustained L-1A Case: Technology Consulting

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 8326626 
Appeal of Texas Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for L-lA Manager or Executive 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : MAY 21, 2020 
The Petitioner, describing itself as a technology consulting firm, seeks to temporarily employ the 
Beneficiary as "Managing Director- Product Management and Delivery" in the United States under the 
L-lA nonimrnigrant classification for intracompany transferees . Immigration and Nationality Act (the 
Act) section 101(a)(15)(L), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(L). 
The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding the record did not establish 
that the Beneficiary would be employed in a managerial or executi ve capacity in the United States. 
On appeal, the Petitioner asserts that the Beneficiary would qualify as a personnel manager based on 
his supervision of subordinate managers and professionals . 
Upon de nova review , we conclude that the record is sufficient to establish that the Beneficiary would 
more likely than not act in a managerial capacity . First , the Petitioner has submitted a detailed U.S. 
duty description for the Beneficiary indicating that he would be primarily engaged in qualifying 
managerial tasks overseeing subordinate managers supervising approximately 25 other information 
technology employees , such as team leads, quality assurance analysts , senior analysts , senior 
developers , and other similar subordinates. The submitted evidence also sufficiently establishes that 
the Beneficiary will likely have the authority to recommend the hiring and firing of these subordinates 
and that he will be responsible for other personnel actions with respect to his subordinate managers . 
Further , the record sufficiently demonstrates that the Beneficiary's subordinate managers and their 
subordinates will likely relieve him from primarily performing non-qualifying operational level tasks. 
As such, the evidence sufficiently establishes that the Beneficiary will be employed as a personnel 
manager in the United States. 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(1)(1)(ii)(B)(3). 
The totality of the evidence demonstrates that the Beneficiary will more likely than not be employed 
in a managerial capacity in the United States. In visa petition proceedings, it is the petitioner's burden 
to establish eligibility for the immigration benefit sought. Section 291 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 
§ 1361. The Petitioner has met that burden. 
ORDER: The appeal is sustained .