A U.S. subsidiary established by a Korean company obtained approval of its Blanket L petition. The U.S. subsidiary reported annual revenue exceeding $25 million in 2025.
When applying for a standard U.S. L-1 intracompany transferee visa, the process works as follows:
① An individual Form I-129 intracompany transferee visa petition is filed with USCIS and approved, then
② The visa interview takes place at a U.S. embassy.
By contrast, for the Blanket L visa:
① The U.S. company files a Form I-129 Blanket L petition with USCIS and receives approval, then
② Each individual employee can receive an L-1 intracompany transferee visa by simply passing the visa interview at a U.S. embassy.
In other words, using the Blanket L program eliminates the need to file and obtain approval of a separate I-129 petition with USCIS for each individual employee, offering the advantage of obtaining U.S. intracompany transferee visas more quickly.
In this case, a company that had previously assigned expatriate employees to the U.S. through individual L-1 visas filed via LawAmerica proceeded with a Blanket L petition in order to assign more of its employees to the U.S. more efficiently and quickly in the future.
As a result, the Blanket L petition was approved on the first filing without a Request for Evidence (RFE), and the company's employees are now preparing for their visa interviews at the U.S. embassy.
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A U.S. subsidiary established by a Korean company obtained approval of its Blanket L petition. The U.S. subsidiary reported annual revenue exceeding $25 million in 2025.
When applying for a standard U.S. L-1 intracompany transferee visa, the process works as follows:
① An individual Form I-129 intracompany transferee visa petition is filed with USCIS and approved, then
② The visa interview takes place at a U.S. embassy.
By contrast, for the Blanket L visa:
① The U.S. company files a Form I-129 Blanket L petition with USCIS and receives approval, then
② Each individual employee can receive an L-1 intracompany transferee visa by simply passing the visa interview at a U.S. embassy.
In other words, using the Blanket L program eliminates the need to file and obtain approval of a separate I-129 petition with USCIS for each individual employee, offering the advantage of obtaining U.S. intracompany transferee visas more quickly.
In this case, a company that had previously assigned expatriate employees to the U.S. through individual L-1 visas filed via LawAmerica proceeded with a Blanket L petition in order to assign more of its employees to the U.S. more efficiently and quickly in the future.
As a result, the Blanket L petition was approved on the first filing without a Request for Evidence (RFE), and the company's employees are now preparing for their visa interviews at the U.S. embassy.
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