How does it help with L-1A capacity?

The L-1A pack will not clear the capacity element without an org chart carrying named positions and headcount, subordinate job descriptions, and a duty breakdown separating managerial from operational time. Those are the three things that L-1A RFEs ask for.

Can it handle dependent filings?

H-4 and L-2 dependents assemble as linked child matters sharing the principal's Bates prefix with a dependent suffix, so the family files as a coherent set.

What about TN petitions filed at the border?

TN packets assemble the same way; the export is simply the print-ready set rather than an e-filing bundle. The support letter still has to name the USMCA profession precisely, and the pack enforces that.

By petition category

H-1B, L-1A/B, TN and E-2 — volume work where consistency decides outcomes.

Corporate nonimmigrant filings are individually lighter than merit petitions and collectively heavier. The risk is not depth of evidence but coherence across documents prepared by different people at different times — and L-1A carries the highest RFE rate of any major employment classification at 32.6%.

Written for: Firms handling corporate workforce visa portfolios and cap-season volume

32.6%
L-1A RFE rate: 8 hrs → 22 min
H-1B assembly: ~28
Form conflicts per 100 matters

Where it hurts, and what changes

Four constraints, four answers.

Wage level incoherence

A Level I prevailing wage paired with a support letter describing architectural ownership is the single most reliable RFE predictor in H-1B practice.

LCA-to-petition reconciliation

Certified wage, SOC code, wage level, worksite and dates read against the I-129 and the support letter. Blocking conflicts hold the packet.

Organisational charts without headcount

L-1A capacity fails on charts with unnamed positions and no headcount, and on duty descriptions that read as operational rather than managerial.

Capacity evidence checklists

The L-1 packs require headcount on org charts, subordinate job descriptions and a managerial-versus-operational duty split before coverage clears.

Third-party placement chains

End-client letters, statements of work and master services agreements have to form an unbroken chain. One missing link and the petition draws a request.

Placement chain completeness

Third-party matters flag an incomplete contractual chain from petitioner to end client before filing rather than after.

Corporate relationship drift

For L-1 and EB-1C the ownership chart has to reconcile to the share register at every tier, across entities that reorganise between filings.

Batch assembly for cap season

Employer cohorts assemble in parallel with a batch report listing blockers first, which is what turns a fortnight of overtime into a review queue.

Adoption

How firms in this segment actually start.

Most of the value shows up in the first fortnight. Nothing here requires a migration.

01
Ingest the employer pack
Support letter, LCA, incorporation documents, org chart and financials classify and map to the specialty occupation or capacity elements.
02
Cross-read before assembly
Wage, SOC, title, worksite, FEIN and dates compared across every document that should agree.
03
Assemble with employer conventions
Per-corporate-client Bates prefixes, cover pages and index formats where the client specifies its own filing standard.
04
Return the audit record
A signed assembly record goes back with the packet for the corporate immigration program's own filing-quality reporting.

Coverage

Classifications this segment files most.

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Classification	Governing standard	RFE rate	Median binder	Manual	Docket Build
H-1B H-1B Specialty Occupation	Specialty occupation criteria plus beneficiary qualification 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)	14.0%	120 pp	8 hrs	22 min
H-1B Cap-Exempt H-1B Cap-Exempt Petition	Specialty occupation plus a qualifying cap-exempt employer or placement 8 CFR 214.2(h)(8)(iii)(F); INA 214(g)(5)	13.1%	110 pp	7 hrs	20 min
L-1A L-1A Intracompany Transferee — Manager or Executive	Qualifying relationship, one continuous year abroad, managerial or executive capacity 8 CFR 214.2(l)(1)(ii)(A)–(C)	32.6%	195 pp	12 hrs	30 min
L-1B L-1B Intracompany Transferee — Specialized Knowledge	Specialized knowledge of the organisation's products, services, or procedures 8 CFR 214.2(l)(1)(ii)(D); USCIS Policy Memorandum PM-602-0111	29.8%	165 pp	11 hrs	28 min
TN TN — USMCA Professional	USMCA Appendix 2 profession list with credential match 8 CFR 214.6; USMCA Chapter 16 Appendix 2	9.2%	45 pp	3 hrs	12 min
E-2 E-2 Treaty Investor	Substantial investment in a real and operating enterprise by a treaty national 8 CFR 214.2(e); 9 FAM 402.9	22.4%	210 pp	12 hrs	30 min

Customer story

Harlow Immigration Group

Chicago, Illinois

“The form check found a salary that had been adjusted after the LCA was certified. Three people had reviewed that packet. It would have been an RFE, and under our flat fee it would have cost us the matter's entire margin.”

Marcus Harlow · Founding Partner

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Form conflicts caught: -62%
H-1B cap season overtime: 1.2 hrs
Assembly hours per H-1B

Questions

Corporate H-1B & L-1, specifically.

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