L-1B Dismissed — Software Development (2007): the director denied the petition for failure to establish

Decision Summary

The director denied the petition for failure to establish two key points: that the beneficiary possesses specialized knowledge and that a qualifying relationship exists between the U.S. and foreign entities. On appeal, the petitioner argued that the beneficiary's knowledge of a proprietary software product was specialized and that local law excused the lack of stock certificates, but the AAO was not persuaded and dismissed the appeal.

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