Dismissed L-1B

L-1B Dismissed โ€” Culinary Arts (2005): did not establish the beneficiary possesses specialized

๐Ÿ“… 2005-08-23 ๐Ÿ‘ค Company ๐Ÿ“‚ Culinary Arts

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
๐Ÿ“„ Original decision (USCIS PDF)

Sign up free to download the original PDF

Research more L-1B decisions on MeritDraft

Browse AAO decisions by visa type, outcome, and criteria discussed.

Browse Decisions โ†’