Dismissed
L-1B
L-1B Dismissed โ Culinary Arts (2005): did not establish the beneficiary possesses specialized
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary possesses specialized knowledge or that the proposed position requires it. The petitioner provided only vague descriptions of the beneficiary's duties as an ethnic chef and did not articulate how the knowledge was special, uncommon, or different from that generally found in the restaurant industry.
Criteria Discussed
Specialized Knowledge
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