EB-2 NIW (5038)H-1B (4985)EB-1A (4549)L-1A (4206)EB-1C (2797)EB-3 (1963)L-1B (723)EB-2 (615)EB-1B (301)O-1A (286)O-1B (256)E-2 (26)O-2 (13)EB-2/3 (7)P-1 (4)unclear (3)I-360 (2)L-1 (1)L-1A (intracompany transferee, manager/executive) (1)
4206 total decisions
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dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Ability To Support A Manager/Executive Within One Year
sustained
L-1A
Information Technology Consulting
The director denied the petition, concluding the petitioner did not establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily manageri...
Managerial Capacity Supervision Of Professional Employees Organizational Structure Discretionary Authority
dismissed
L-1A
International Trade And Investment
The appeal was rejected because it was untimely filed. The petitioner filed the appeal 39 days after the director's decision was issued, whi...
Timely Filing Of Appeal Qualifying Relationship Prior Employment Abroad Managerial Or Executive Capacity Motion To Reopen Motion To Reconsider
sustained
L-1A
Computer Programming
The director denied the petition, concluding the beneficiary would not be employed in a primarily executive or managerial capacity. The peti...
Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Recruiting
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension
dismissed
L-1A
International Trade
The director denied the petition for failure to establish a qualifying relationship with the foreign employer and failure to secure sufficie...
Qualifying Relationship Sufficient Physical Premises New Office Requirements Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel
dismissed
L-1A
Alcoholic Beverages
The director revoked a previously approved petition on three grounds: failure to establish a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and fo...
Qualifying Relationship Doing Business Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Gross Error
dismissed
L-1A
Engineering
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial capacit...
Managerial Capacity Supervision Of Professional Employees Organizational Structure Primarily Managerial Duties
dismissed
L-1A
Farming
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish two independent grounds for eligibility. The petitioner did not prove th...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Relationship
dismissed
L-1A
Travel Agency
The director denied the petition because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying corporate relationship with the foreign employer an...
Qualifying Relationship Managerial Or Executive Capacity One Year Of Prior Employment New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The provided text is a cover letter and does not contain the substantive reasoning for the decision. The basis for the outcome cannot be det...
dismissed
L-1A
International Trade And Consulting
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in the United States in a primari...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Real Estate Investment
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Doing Business
dismissed
L-1A
Business Management
The appeal was dismissed because the issues were considered moot. The beneficiary had already adjusted their status to that of a U.S. perman...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Real Estate Investment
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Doing Business For One Year (New Office)
dismissed
L-1A
Medical Equipment Wholesale
The appeal was summarily dismissed because the petitioner's counsel failed to submit a brief or additional evidence after indicating they wo...
Qualifying Relationship Sufficient Investment One Year Of Continuous Experience In A Managerial/Executive Capacity Employment In A Primarily Managerial/Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Account Management
The appeal was dismissed because the AAO affirmed the director's finding that the beneficiary failed to meet the requirement of having at le...
One Continuous Year Of Employment Abroad Qualifying Relationship Between Entities Managerial Or Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Requirements Organizational Staffing Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Import/Distribution
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish two key requirements. First, the petitioner did not provide sufficient e...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity One Year Of Continuous Employment Abroad
dismissed
L-1A
Legal Document Preparation
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Ability Of U.S. Operation To Support A Managerial/Executive Position Within One Year Staffing Levels Beneficiary'S Proposed Duties
dismissed
L-1A
Hvac
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to overcome the director's grounds for denial. The director found the petitioner did ...
Managerial/Executive Capacity Sufficient Physical Premises Qualifying Relationship New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Software Development And Consulting
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between the foreign and U.S. entities. The dir...
Qualifying Relationship Parent-Subsidiary Relationship New Office Requirements Evidence Of Ownership And Control
dismissed
L-1A
Import/Export
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Alcoholic Beverages
The director revoked a previously approved petition after determining the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between t...
Qualifying Relationship Doing Business Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Extension Requirements Revocation For Gross Error
dismissed
L-1A
Gifts And Jewelry
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Requirements Staffing Levels
dismissed
L-1A
Trade
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Employment In A Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity Sufficient Physical Premises For A New Office New Office Regulations (8 C.F.R. § 214.2(L)(3)(V)) Ability Of The New Office To Support A Managerial/Executive Position Within One Year Staffing Levels And Organizational Structure
dismissed
L-1A
Machinery Service
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity (U.S. Position) Managerial Capacity (Foreign Position)
dismissed
L-1A
Pet Services
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Requirements Qualifying Organization Doing Business
dismissed
L-1A
Food Service
The director denied the petition because the petitioner did not establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial o...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Real Estate And Trade
The appeal was dismissed as moot because the beneficiary had already adjusted status to a lawful permanent resident, rendering the nonimmigr...
Qualifying Relationship Qualifying Organization Willful Misrepresentation
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner formally withdrew it. The decision was purely procedural and did not address the merits of t...
dismissed
L-1A
Not Specified
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner, through counsel, requested that the appeal be withdrawn. No substantive review of the case ...
remanded
L-1A
Software Consulting
The case was remanded because the AAO found the director's reasons for denial to be erroneous. The AAO determined the petitioner had secured...
Sufficient Physical Premises Qualifying Relationship New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Construction/Remodeling
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to overcome the two grounds for denial. The director concluded that the petitioner di...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Relationship
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner formally requested to withdraw it through counsel.
sustained
L-1A
Information Technology
The appeal was sustained because the AAO found that the petitioner successfully established the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily...
Managerial Capacity Supervision Of Professional/Supervisory Staff Discretionary Authority Personnel Authority (Hiring/Firing)
dismissed
L-1A
Scrap Metal Export
The appeal was rejected as untimely filed. The petitioner filed the appeal 42 days after the director's decision was issued, exceeding the 3...
Timely Filing Of Appeal Motion To Reopen Motion To Reconsider Managerial Or Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Software Solutions
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and foreign entities. The dir...
Qualifying Relationship New Office Requirements Parent-Subsidiary Relationship
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner formally requested to withdraw the appeal. The decision was not made on the merits of the ca...
dismissed
L-1A
Food Distribution
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary's role qualified as a primarily managerial or execu...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Extension Staffing Levels
dismissed
L-1A
Franchise Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that it had secured sufficient physical premises to house the new office...
Sufficient Physical Premises For New Office
dismissed
L-1A
Gems And Jewelry
The appeal was summarily dismissed because the petitioner failed to specifically address or rebut all of the director's grounds for denial. ...
Qualifying Relationship Managerial Or Executive Capacity (Abroad) Managerial Or Executive Capacity (U.S.) New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Automotive Parts
The director denied the petition, concluding that the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in the United St...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Architecture And Interior Design
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and foreign entities. The dir...
Qualifying Relationship Managerial Or Executive Capacity Sufficient Physical Premises Doing Business Staffing Financial Status
dismissed
L-1A
General Merchandise Wholesale
The motion to reopen and reconsider was dismissed. The petitioner failed to provide new facts to support a motion to reopen, and did not est...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Extension Motion To Reopen Motion To Reconsider Effect Of Prior Approval
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner requested to withdraw it on November 2, 2009. The decision is purely procedural and does not...
dismissed
L-1A
Retail And Wholesale
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the intended new U.S. operation would support a primarily manageria...
New Office Requirements Managerial Capacity Support For Managerial Position Within One Year Size Of U.S. Investment Financial Ability Of Foreign Entity
dismissed
L-1A
Apparel Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the new U.S. office would support an executive or managerial positi...
New Office Requirements Managerial Or Executive Capacity Ability To Support A Manager/Executive Within One Year Organizational Structure Financial Investment
dismissed
L-1A
Relocation Services
The appeal was dismissed as moot. The beneficiary had already adjusted their status to that of a U.S. permanent resident, rendering the requ...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Window Manufacturing
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish three key criteria: a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and forei...
Qualifying Relationship Managerial Capacity (Abroad) Managerial Capacity (U.S.) New Office Requirements Ability To Support Managerial Position Within One Year
dismissed
L-1A
Retail Convenience Stores
The motion to reconsider was dismissed because it was untimely filed 85 days after the AAO's decision, far exceeding the 33-day limit, with ...
Employment In A Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity (Abroad) Ability Of The New U.S. Office To Support A Managerial/Executive Position Within One Year Timeliness Of Motion To Reconsider Requirements For A Motion To Reconsider
dismissed
L-1A
Hospitality
The director denied the L-1A extension petition, originally approved for a new office, concluding the petitioner failed to establish that th...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Staffing
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner's counsel formally requested to withdraw the appeal. The AAO dismissed the case based on thi...
dismissed
L-1A
Hair Products
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Staffing Levels Organizational Structure Ability To Support Position Within One Year
dismissed
L-1A
Business Consulting
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary was employed by the foreign entity in a primarily m...
Beneficiary'S Prior Employment In A Managerial Or Executive Capacity Beneficiary'S Proposed Employment In A Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Electronics
The motion to reconsider was dismissed because it failed to meet the regulatory requirements. The petitioner did not address the specific fi...
Employment In A Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity Sufficient Subordinate Staff Qualifying Employment Abroad Qualifying Relationship Between Entities U.S. Company Doing Business
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner's counsel submitted a request to withdraw it. The AAO closed the case based on this withdraw...
dismissed
L-1A
Television Advertising
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between the U.S. and foreign entities. The dir...
Qualifying Relationship Doing Business Managerial/Executive Capacity One-Year Prior Employment New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Electric Generators
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Bee Industry
The second motion to reconsider was dismissed because it failed to provide a new legal basis and re-argued points already addressed in the A...
Employment In A Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity Abroad Employment In A Primarily Managerial Or Executive Capacity In The U.S. New Office Requirements Adequacy Of Business Plan
dismissed
L-1A
Software Development
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed by the U.S. entity in a primarily...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Employment Abroad
dismissed
L-1A
Custom Clothing
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to overcome the director's grounds for denial. The director found the petitioner did ...
Qualifying Relationship Managerial Capacity (Foreign Employment) Managerial Capacity (Proposed U.S. Employment) New Office Requirements
sustained
L-1A
Business Coaching
The director initially denied the petition for failing to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Real Estate And Construction
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish three independent grounds for eligibility. The petitioner did not prove ...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Relationship One Year Of Prior Employment Abroad New Office Extension Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner's counsel submitted a request to withdraw the appeal. The decision was not made on the merit...
dismissed
L-1A
Business Services
The director initially denied the petition for failing to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Construction
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary was employed by the foreign entity in a primarily m...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity (Foreign Employment) Managerial Or Executive Capacity (Us Employment) New Office Requirements Ability To Support A Manager/Executive Within One Year Properly Filed Petition
dismissed
L-1A
Medical Distribution
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the new U.S. office would be able to support a managerial or execut...
New Office Requirements Ability To Support A Managerial/Executive Position Sufficient Physical Premises Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Business Development
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Business Management
The motion to reopen and reconsider was dismissed because the petitioner failed to meet the regulatory requirements for such a motion. The p...
Ability Of New Office To Support A Managerial Position Beneficiary'S Managerial Capacity Abroad Qualifying Relationship Between Entities Sufficient Physical Premises Motion To Reopen/Reconsider Standards
remanded
L-1A
Tire Import/Export
The appeal was remanded because the director revoked the petition based on adverse information from a U.S. Consulate without properly notify...
One Continuous Year Of Employment Abroad Qualifying Organization Notice Of Derogatory Information
dismissed
L-1A
Coffee Import/Export
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Import/Export
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Textile Import
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Convenience Store
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the new U.S. office, a convenience store and gas station, would sup...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Ability To Support Position Within One Year
dismissed
L-1A
Metal Alloy Manufacturing
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish two key points. First, it did not prove that the beneficiary's employmen...
Managerial Capacity (Foreign Employment) Managerial Capacity (U.S. Employment) Definition Of Managerial Capacity Supervision Of Staff
dismissed
L-1A
Media Distribution
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in the United States in a primari...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Freight Forwarding
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Staffing
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Construction
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary's employment abroad was primarily in a managerial o...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity (U.S. Employment) Managerial Or Executive Capacity (Foreign Employment) New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Food Service
The director denied the petition after concluding that the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primar...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Automobile Export
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to overcome the director's findings on three grounds. The petitioner did not establis...
Sufficient Physical Premises New Office Requirements Qualifying Employment Abroad (Managerial/Executive) Proposed U.S. Position (Managerial/Executive)
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Footwear
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Doing Business
dismissed
L-1A
Business Management
The appeal was dismissed because the AAO discovered that the petitioner had filed a certificate of dissolution, indicating its corporate exi...
Qualifying Managerial Or Executive Capacity Viability Of Petitioning Company Abandonment
dismissed
L-1A
Restaurant
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Extension Qualifying Organization Doing Business
dismissed
L-1A
Wireless Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the U.S. entity, a new office, would support a primarily managerial...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Requirements
dismissed
L-1A
Dentistry
The appeal was dismissed because the underlying issue was deemed moot. The beneficiary had already adjusted their status to that of a U.S. p...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Relationship
dismissed
L-1A
Business Contracting And Marketing
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish a qualifying relationship between the U.S. company and the foreign entit...
Qualifying Relationship Parent Branch Subsidiary Affiliate Ownership And Control
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner formally requested to withdraw it. The AAO did not make a decision on the merits of the case...
Withdrawal Of Appeal
dismissed
L-1A
Hospitality Goods Retail
The appeal was summarily dismissed because the petitioner failed to identify any erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact in the ori...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity New Office Extension Staffing Levels
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner's motion to reopen and reconsider was untimely filed, 37 days after the director's decision....
Timely Filing Of Motion Reasonable Delay Beyond Petitioner'S Control
dismissed
L-1A
Retail
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Capacity Executive Capacity New Office Requirements Staffing Qualifying Organization
dismissed
L-1A
Retail Business
The appeal was dismissed as moot. The beneficiary had already adjusted their status to that of a U.S. permanent resident through a separate ...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity
dismissed
L-1A
Unknown
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner, through counsel, requested that the appeal be withdrawn. The AAO dismissed the appeal based...
dismissed
L-1A
Graphic Design/Marketing
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary would be employed in a primarily managerial or exec...
Managerial Or Executive Capacity Qualifying Relationship Sufficient Premises New Office Requirements Staffing
dismissed
L-1A
Construction
The motion to reconsider was dismissed for failing to meet multiple procedural requirements. The motion was filed 61 days after the decision...
Timeliness Of Motion Proper Signatory On Motion Required Statement On Judicial Proceedings Proper Filing Location
dismissed
L-1A
Software And Services
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the intended new U.S. office would support an executive or manageri...
New Office Requirements Employment In A Managerial Or Executive Capacity Ability Of The U.S. Operation To Support An Executive Or Managerial Position Within One Year
dismissed
L-1A
Management
The motion to reopen was rejected because it was filed untimely, approximately four months after the AAO's decision dismissing the appeal. A...
Timely Filing Of A Motion Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel Function Manager
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