Service detail

L-1A and L-1B petitions, prepared around the corporate relationship USCIS will verify.

A qualifying corporate relationship has to be documented, not asserted — that single point decides most L-1 outcomes. Proximate prepares the petition and supporting exhibits under attorney direction for both regular and new-office filings.

What Proximate prepares

I-129 petition with L Classification Supplement (Blanket L uses I-129S)
One-continuous-year qualifying foreign employment documentation, within the preceding three years
Qualifying corporate relationship exhibits — ownership and control, not just a claimed affiliation
Specialized-knowledge evidence for L-1B, the element most heavily challenged

Best fit

Firms handling new-office L-1 filings that need a stronger evidentiary record on day one
Multinational clients where the corporate relationship spans multiple documented entities
L-1B cases where specialized knowledge needs to be distinguished from general industry skill
Firms that need L-1A managerial/executive capacity evidence organized before attorney review

The question firms actually ask

Our client is a smaller company — will the corporate relationship hold up?

Size isn't the issue; documentation is. A sole proprietorship cannot file an L-1 petition for its own owner, and the qualifying relationship has to be shown with real ownership and control evidence, not asserted in a cover letter. Proximate builds that evidentiary record specifically, and for new-office cases prepares it knowing USCIS applies extra scrutiny in the first year.

Governing authority

Statute: INA 101(a)(15)(L)
Regulation: 8 CFR 214.2(l)
USCIS Policy Manual: USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 2, Part L — Intracompany Transferees (Ch. 2 General Eligibility, Ch. 3 Managers and Executives, Ch. 5 Ownership and Control, Ch. 10 Period of Stay)
Forms: Form I-129 with L Classification Supplement. Blanket L uses Form I-129S.

What USCIS scrutinizes

One continuous year of qualifying employment abroad within the preceding three years is required.
The qualifying corporate relationship must be documented, not asserted.
A sole proprietorship cannot file an L-1 petition for its own owner.
Specialized knowledge for L-1B is the most heavily challenged element of the whole filing.

Turnaround for this case type

Internal production time -- drafting plus internal quality control, once a case is in production and the file is complete. The clock pauses only for documented missing client documents or pending attorney feedback, never for workload.

L-1 (Regular)

6 business days

4 drafting & assembly · 2 internal QC

L-1 (New Office)

6 business days

4 drafting & assembly · 2 internal QC

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Richmond, TX search footprint

Support for firms searching locally around Houston and nationally.

Proximate works with immigration law firms in Richmond, Sugar Land, Houston, and across the Texas Gulf Coast, and supports firms nationwide through the same remote workflow.

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