dismissed L-1B Case: It And Finance
Decision Summary
The director denied the petition because the beneficiary had less than one year of employment with the foreign employer. The petitioner appealed, arguing that their previously approved blanket L petition grandfathered them into a now-expired six-month employment requirement. The AAO dismissed the appeal, affirming that the L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2004 restored the one-year foreign employment requirement for all initial petitions filed after June 6, 2005, with no exceptions for previously approved blanket petitions.
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