L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visa Checklist

The employee must have worked for a qualifying foreign organization for one continuous year within the three years preceding their admission to the US.

214.2(l)(1)(i),(ii)(A),(3)(iii)-(iv)

The transferee must be coming to the US to work in an executive, managerial, or specialized knowledge capacity.

214.2(l)(1)(ii)(B)-(D),(3)(ii)

Use the applicable L-1 petition procedure: generally an employer-filed individual I-129; an approved blanket route uses I-129S for the beneficiary. Canadian admission procedures and new-office evidence differ.

214.2(l)(2),(4),(5),(17)

The qualifying organization is or will be doing business in the United States and at least one other country during the L-1 stay. A new office has additional branch-specific evidence; a registered office alone is not doing business.

214.2(l)(1)(ii)(G)-(H), (3)(v)-(vi)

The US employer must have a qualifying relationship with the foreign company, such as being a parent, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate.

214.2(l)(1)(ii)(G),(I)-(L)