L-1B Sustained — Engineering And Construction (2024): the AAO found the Director erred in concluding the

Decision Summary

The appeal was sustained because the AAO found the Director erred in concluding the beneficiary lacked the required one year of employment in a specialized knowledge capacity. The Petitioner successfully argued that a recently issued certificate was merely a verification of long-held, company-specific knowledge, not the initial acquisition of it. The AAO was persuaded that the certificate date did not preclude the beneficiary from meeting the one-year employment requirement abroad.

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