International Company Transferees: The L-1 Blanket Program for Larger Multinationals

Larger multinational corporations are eligible for the L-1 Blanket Program. Participants in the L-1 Blanket Program enjoy expedited transfer of overseas executives, managers and specialized knowledge employees to the United States.

To qualify for participation in the L-1 Blanket Program, the U.S. petitioning company must meet the following criteria:

1. The U.S. petitioning company and each of the qualifying entities must be engaged in a commercial trade or services
2. The U.S. petitioning entity must have an office in the United States that has been doing business for at least one year
3. The U.S. petitioning entity has three or more domestic and foreign branches, subsidiaries, or affiliate and meets one of the following three additional requirements
   • Obtained approvals for at least ten L-1 managers, executives or specialized knowledge professionals during the previous twelve months
   • Achieved consolidated worldwide annual sales of at least U.S.$25 million
   • Employs a U.S. workforce of at least one thousand employees