L-1B Dismissed — Software Development (2007): the director denied the petition for concluding that the

Decision Summary

The director denied the petition for concluding that the petitioner had not established the beneficiary possessed specialized knowledge or would be employed in a specialized knowledge capacity. The AAO dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the director that the petitioner failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the beneficiary's knowledge of the company's proprietary software was sufficiently advanced or special to meet the legal definition required for the L-1B classification.

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