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u.s.Department of Homeland Security
20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Rm. 3000
Washington, DC 20529
u.s.Citizenship
and Immigration
Services
File: WAC 07 237 53544 Office: CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER Date: FEB 2 8 2008
IN RE: Petitioner:
Beneficiary:
Petition: Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker Pursuant to Section 101(a)(l5)(L) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(L)
IN 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.
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Administrative Appeals Office
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WAC 07 237 53544
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DISCUSSION: The Director, California Service Center, denied the petition for a nonimmigrant visa. The
matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The AAO will dismiss the appeal
as moot.
The petitioner filed this nonimmigrant visa petition seeking to employ the beneficiary in the position of
associate consultant as an L-1B nonimmigrant intracompany transferee having specialized knowledge
pursuant to section 101(a)(l5)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. §
1101(a)(l5)(L).
The director denied the petition concluding that the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary has been
or will be employed in a capacity involving specialized knowledge or that the beneficiary has specialized
knowledge.
The petitioner filed an appeal. The director declined to treat the appeal as a motion and forwarded the appeal
to the AAO for review.
A review of Citizenship and Immigration Services records indicates that this beneficiary is also the beneficiary of
an approved L-1B nonimmigrant petition filed by the same petitioner, valid from October 24,2007 until October
21, 2010 (WAC 08 016 51357). While the petitioner has not withdrawn the appeal in this proceeding, it would
appear that the beneficiary is either presently in L-1B status or is able to apply for the appropriate visa abroad, and
the issues in this proceeding are moot. Therefore, this appeal is dismissed.
ORDER: The appeal is dismissed as moot.