USCIS Memo on Functional Managers

From USCIS:

The following Immigration Policy Memorandum is now available in the Policy Memoranda section of the USCIS website Matter of G- Inc., Adopted Decision 2017-05 PM-602-0148 Matter of G- Inc. clarifies that, to establish that a beneficiary will be employed in a managerial capacity as a “function manager,” the petitioner must demonstrate that: (1) the function is a clearly defined activity; (2) the function is “essential,” i.e., core to the organization; (3) the beneficiary will primarily manage, as opposed to perform, the function; (4) the beneficiary will act at a senior level within the organizational hierarchy or with respect to the function managed; and (5) the beneficiary will exercise discretion over the function’s day-to-day operations.