UNITED INVESTMENT GROUP

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 248

Syllabus

UNITED INVESTMENT GROUP, 19 I&N Dec. 248 (Comm. 1984) ID 2990 (PDF) (1) Neither a sole proprietorship nor a partnership is a legal entity apart from its owner or owners. (2) For the purpose of a visa petition, the actual partnership which existed when the job offer was made and certified must continue and intend to employ the beneficiary as certified. A separately entered partnership or newly constituted partnership may not be a successor of interest for this purpose.