In the Matter of Dial Auto Repair Shop, Inc.

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  1. No Whine before its Time: USCIS Recognizes Immigration Successorship in Interest for Multinational Executives and Managers

    Seyfarth Shaw LLPAngelo PaparelliMay 19, 2020

    To be fair, Mr. Neufeld’s memorandum was still quite helpful. It recognized that immigration successor-in-interest determinations in major corporate restructurings should no longer be guided byMatter of Dial Auto Repair Shop, Inc., 19 I&N Dec. 481 (Comm. 1981), a case involving the transfer of an automotive technician from one car repair shop to another.Dial Auto Repaircreated an inflexible test for immigration successorship (requiring the assumption by a corporate successor entity ofallassets andallliabilities of the predecessor) in green card cases involving “labor certification,”i.e., where an employer must first prove that U.S. workers are unavailable.