sustained L-1A Case: Venue Management

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 13904824 
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 : JAN. 19, 2021 
The Petitioner , a venue management, sales, marketing , and event booking company, seeks to temporarily 
employ the Beneficiary as its "General Manager" in the United States under the L-lA nonirnrnigrant 
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 had been employed for one year in a managerial capacity for the qualifying foreign 
entity . On appeal, the Petitioner submits a brief and evidence corroborating the Beneficiary's 
employment abroad in a managerial capacity for a qualifying foreign entity . 
Upon de nova review, we conclude that the record is sufficient to establish that the Beneficiary, more 
likely than not, acted in a managerial capacity for the qualifying foreign entity for the requisite time 
period. The record includes a detailed and credible duty description for the Beneficiary's foreign 
employment indicating that he primarily engaged in qualifying managerial tasks. The record includes 
the foreign entity 's organizational chart depicting the Beneficiary at a senior level within the 
organization, managing the organization, supervising subordinate managers in finance, operations, 
guest and event services , marketing , sales, human resources, and administrative services , who in tum 
supervised and controlled personnel within each of their departments . The record also includes 
detailed descriptions of the direct reports' job duties which sufficiently establishes the managerial and 
professional nature of their positions. The submitted evidence also sufficiently establishes that the 
Beneficiary possessed the authority to recommend the hiring and firing of these subordinates and that 
he was responsible for other personnel actions with respect to the subordinate managers. 1 Further, the 
record sufficiently demonstrates that the Beneficiary possessed the requisite authority with respect to 
discretionary decision-making over the foreign employer 's day-to-day operations and that the 
Beneficiary's subordinate managers and their subordinates relieved him from primarily performing 
non-qualifying operational level tasks. As such, the evidence sufficiently establishes that the 
Beneficiary was employed in a managerial capacity for the foreign entity. 8 C.F.R. § 214 .2(1)(3)(iii) 
and (iv); 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(1)(1)(ii)(B). 
1 On appeal, the Petitioner provides additional corroborating evidence of this authority with performance reviews, 
electronic mail discussing potential hires and salaries, and payroll information . 
In sum, the submitted evidence credibly demonstrates that the Beneficiary more likely than not 
devoted a majority of his time to qualifying managerial tasks abroad and thus was employed in a 
managerial capacity by the qualifying foreign employer. The totality of the record demonstrates the 
Petitioner has satisfied the requirements to establish eligibility for this visa classification. 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. 
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