[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR41.54]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 41--VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF NONIMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Business and Media Visas
 
Sec. 41.54  Intracompany transferees (executives, managers, and specialists).

    (a) Requirements for L classification. An alien shall be 
classifiable under the provisions of INA 101(a)(15)(L) if:
    (1) The consular officer is satisfied that the alien qualifies under 
that section; and either
    (2) In the case of an individual petition, the consular officer has 
received official evidence of the approval by INS of a petition to 
accord such classification or of the extension by INS of the period of 
authorized stay in such classification; or
    (3) In the case of a blanket petition, the alien has presented to 
the consular officer official evidence of the approval by INS of a 
blanket petition
    (i) listing only those intracompany relationships and positions 
found to qualify under INA 101(a)(15)(L) or
    (ii) to accord such classification to qualified aliens who are being 
transferred to qualifying positions identified in such blanket petition; 
or
    (4) The consular officer is satisfied the alien is the spouse or 
child of an alien so classified and is accompanying or following to join 
the principal alien.
    (b) Petition approval. The approval of a petition by INS does not 
establish that the alien is eligible to receive a nonimmigrant visa.
    (c) Validity of visa. (1) The period of validity of a visa issued on 
the basis of paragraph (a) to this section must not exceed the period 
indicated in the petition, notification, or confirmation required in 
paragraph (a)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section.
    (2) The period of validity of a visa issued on the basis of 
paragraph (a) to this section is not limited to the period of validity 
indicated in the blanket petition, notification, or confirmation 
required in paragraphs (a)(2)(iii) or (iv) of this section.
    (d) Alien not entitled to L-1 classification under individual 
petition. The consular officer must suspend action on the alien's 
application and submit a report to the approving INS office if the 
consular officer knows or has reason to believe that an alien applying 
for a visa as the beneficiary of an approved individual petition under 
INA 101(a)(15)(L) is not entitled to such classification as approved.
    (e) Labor disputes. Citizens of Canada or Mexico shall not be 
entitled to classification under this section if the Attorney General 
and the Secretary of Labor have certified that:
    (1) There is in progress a strike or lockout in the course of a 
labor dispute in the occupational classification at the place or 
intended place of employment; and
    (2) The alien has failed to establish that the alien's entry will 
not affect adversely the settlement of the strike or lockout or the 
employment of any person who is involved in the strike or lockout.
    (f) Alien not entitled to L-1 classification under blanket petition. 
The consular officer shall deny L classification based on a blanket 
petition if the documentation presented by the alien claiming to be a 
beneficiary thereof does not establish to the satisfaction of the 
consular officer that
    (1) The alien has been continuously employed by the same employer, 
an affiliate or a subsidiary thereof, for 1 year within the 3 years 
immediately preceding the application for the L visa;

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    (2) The alien was occupying a qualifying position throughout that 
year; or
    (3) The alien is destined to a qualifying position identified in the 
petition and in an organization listed in the petition.
    (g) Former exchange visitor. Former exchange visitors who are 
subject to the 2-year foreign residence requirement of INA 212(e) are 
ineligible to apply for visas under INA 101(a)(15)(L) until they have 
fulfilled the residence requirement or obtained a waiver of the 
requirement.

[57 FR 31449, July 16, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 68527, Dec. 28, 1993; 
61 FR 1833, Jan. 24, 1996]