L Visas
(Intracompany Transferees, L1 Blanket Petition)

An L intracompany transferee nonimmigrant visa is available for multinational companies seeking to transfer high-level and essential employees from overseas to provide similar services to a related entity in the United States.

L1 Visas (Intracompany Transferees):

According to the Immigration and Nationality Act, L1 status is available to persons who have worked abroad for one continuous year within the preceding three years in an executive, managerial, or specialized knowledge capacity and who are being transferred temporarily to the United States to work in a similar capacity in a related business entity or for the same business. The L1 Blanket is a petition which, if approved, permits intracompany transferees to apply for L1 visas directly at U.S. consular facilities abroad without the prior approval of an individual petition.

The LL.M. Law Group understands that obtaining a visa for an intracompany transferee to work in the United States can sometimes be difficult. Please read below to learn more about how the LL.M. Law Group can help you start working, and stop worrying.

The LL.M. Law Group can help obtain an L1 visa for the following foreign national transferees to the United States:

• Foreign national executives to manage an organization or a division of a company
• Foreign national managers to supervise work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees, or to manage a department or subdivision of a company
• Employees with specialized knowledge that have related U.S. branches, subsidiaries, affiliates or joint venture partners
• Employees and partners of international accounting firms
• Multinational companies to transfer foreign national executives, managers, or employees with specialized knowledge to a company in the United States

Please refer to the LL.M. Law Group's immigration consultation procedures to begin.

L1 Blanket Petition:

The petitioning company for an L1 Blanket must certain requirements before the United States will approve the petition: (1) the petitioner must demonstrate that it and each of the qualifying entities are engaged in commercial trade or services; (2) the petitioner has an office in the U.S. that has been doing business for one year or more; (3) the petitioner has three or more domestic and foreign branches, subsidiaries, or affiliates; and (4) the petitioner has obtained approval of at least 10 "L" managers, executives or employees with specialized knowledge during the previous 12 months, or have combined annual sales of at least $25 million, or have a U.S. work force of at least 1,000 employees.

The LL.M. Law Group can help obtain an L1 Blanket for the following types of U.S. companies:

• Branches, subsidiaries, or affiliates of foreign companies that frequently transfer their non-U.S. employees to related U.S. companies and that meet the above requirements

Please refer to the LL.M. Law Group's immigration consultation procedures to begin.

The LL.M. Law Group will work with you to arrive at an arrangement that is fair to all concerned.