Dismissed
O-1A
O-1A Dismissed — Business (2015): the director recommended denial, concluding that the
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Decision Summary
The director recommended denial, concluding that the beneficiary was improperly self-petitioning as the sole member of the petitioning company. The AAO denied the petition as moot because it found the beneficiary had already become a U.S. permanent resident, rendering the nonimmigrant petition unnecessary.
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Self-Petitioning Prohibition Mootness
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