sustained L-1B Case: Plastics Molding

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
MATTER OF M-P-, INC. 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
DATE: SEPT. 14,2016 
CERTIFICATION OF VERMONT SERVICE CENTER DECISION 
PETITION: FORM 1-129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER 
The Petitioner, a plastics molding firm, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary as a sales 
account manager under the L-1 B nonimmigrant classification for intracompany transferees. See 
Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 101(a)(15)(L), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(L). The L­
IB classification allows a corporation or other legal entity (including its affiliate or subsidiary) to 
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transfer a qualifying foreign employee with "specialized knowledge" to work temporarily in the 
United States. 
The Director, Vermont Service Center, denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner did not 
establish that the Beneficiary has been, or will be, employed in a position requiring specialized 
knowledge. We withdrew the Director's decision and remanded the petition to the Director for 
further action. After receiving the Petitioner's response to a request for evidence, the Director 
denied the petition. 
The matter is now before us on certification. 
Upon review, we will withdraw the initial decision of the Director, Vermont Service Center, and 
approve the petition. 1 
Specifically, the totality of the evidence now establishes that the Beneficiary has special knowledge 
of the Petitioner's product and its application in international markets and that she has been 
employed abroad and would be employed in the United States in a position requiring this specialized 
knowledge. 
In visa petition proceedings, the burden of proving eligibility for the benefit sought remains entirely 
with the petitioner. Section 291 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 136; Matter of Otiende, 26 I&N Dec. 127, 
128 (BIA 2013). The Petitioner in the instant case has sustained that burden. 
1 We note that it does not appear from the record that the Petitioner was provided a notice of the certification and an 
opportunity to submit a brief within 30 days. In accordance with 8 C.F.R. § 1 03.4(a)(3), we are suspending the 30-day 
period for submission of a briefto take favorable action to the affected party. 
Matter of M-P-, Inc. 
ORDER: The initial decision of the Director, Vermont Service Center, dated July 20, 2016, is 
withdrawn, and the petition is approved. 
Cite as Matter of M-P-, Inc., ID# 101681 (AAO Sept. 14, 2016) 
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