Dismissed
L-1B
L-1B Dismissed โ Information Technology: did not establish the beneficiary would be employed in a
Decision Summary
The director denied the petition for failing to demonstrate that the beneficiary would be employed in a specialized knowledge capacity, as the evidence did not show the beneficiary's knowledge was unusual for an applications software analyst/programmer. The AAO dismissed the appeal, finding that the petitioner's claim that the beneficiary's knowledge of its internal software development process was specialized was not sufficiently supported by the record.
Criteria Discussed
Specialized Knowledge
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