Sodipo v. Rosenberg

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. No. 17

JAMES DONATO, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Abiodun Sodipo, a Nigerian citizen who resides in the United States, appeals from a decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denying his petition for an immigrant visa based on employment. A petitioner seeking an employment-based immigrant visa under 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(A), as Sodipo does, typically must have a job offer in hand from an employer in the U.S., as well as a “labor certification” from the Department of Labor stating that workers…