L-1A Intracompany Transfer (Executive/Manager)

Requirements

• Worked for qualifying foreign company for 1 continuous year in past 3 years
• Transferring to US parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or branch
• Executive or managerial capacity
• The US entity files the transfer petition; there is no L-1 self-petition
• US entity must be doing business

Time and cost

Processing time

3-6 months (Premium available)

Validity

Up to 7 years maximum

Cost

From $2,690

Required

• $1,385 Form I-129 petition (standard; small employer $695)
• $500 fraud prevention and detection fee
• $600 Asylum Program Fee (standard; small employer $300, nonprofit $0)

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Optional

• $250 visa-integrity fee at issuance, if your post already charges it, as DHS is still rolling it out post by post ($250 is the statutory floor before annual inflation adjustments)
• $4,500 Public Law 114-113 fee, if the employer has 50+ staff and over half are H-1B or L-1 (extensions included from 9 September 2026)
• $2,965 premium processing

Path to residency

EB-1C green card without labor certification

Documents

• Form I-129 with L supplement

  Petition filed by US entity

• Proof of qualifying relationship

  Between US and foreign entities

• Employment verification letters

  From foreign employer

• Organizational charts

  Showing managerial role and structure

• Company documentation

  Articles of incorporation, annual reports

Your family

Status your spouse and unmarried children under 21 can hold alongside this route. Children can study on it too.

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