Matter of Sun

• Decision Date: 16 December 1966
• Docket Number: A-11744231.,Interim Decision Number 1816
• Citation: 12 I&N Dec. 535
• Parties: MATTER OF SUN. In Visa Petition Proceedings.
• Court: U.S. DOJ Board of Immigration Appeals

12 I&N Dec. 535

MATTER OF SUN.

In Visa Petition Proceedings.

Interim Decision Number 1816

A-11744231.

Board of Immigration Appeals.

Decided by District Director December 16, 1966.

Beneficiary, who has a bachelor's degree with a major in hotel management and has approximately 3 years' experience in hotel management and related fields, is a member of the professions within the meaning of section 101(a)(32) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and is eligibile for preference classification under section 203(a)(3) of the Act, as amended, as a hotel manager.

DISCUSSION: The petition was filed to accord the beneficiary a third preference classification as a member of the professions based upon his qualifications as a hotel manager. The beneficiary is a male, single British subject and citizen of the United Kingdom. He was born in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony, March 17, 1941.

On June 10, 1963 he graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree. His transcript reveals that he majored in hotel management with food preparation and food and beverage control and merchandising an important part of the curriculum. He has been employed as the Assistant Manager and Manager from October 1963 to October 1965 at the Grand Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and as Food and Beverage Manager from October 1965 to July 1966 at the Ambassador Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. He is presently employed as a Director, Food and Beverage at the Jack Tar Hotel, Galveston, Texas. The beneficiary intends to engage in a field related to his profession of hotel manager in the United States.

A certification pursuant to section 212(a)(14) of the Act, as amended, has been issued by the Department of Labor.

Hotel managers are listed under professional, technical and managerial occupations code 187.118 in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Volume 1, third edition, prepared by the United States Department of Labor. A hotel manager manages a hotel to insure efficient and profitable operation, establishes standards in matters concerning personnel administration and performance, service to patrons, room rates, and type of patronage to be solicited. He allocates funds, authorizes expenditures, and assists in planning budgets for departments. He delegates authority and assigns responsibility to department heads. In small hotels, he processes reservations and adjusts guests' complaints. Beneficiary has successfully completed college...