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L-1A New Office to Extension — Extension Approved in 2 Weeks, No RFE

Extension approved in 2 weeks, no RFE (premium processing)

Cover: L-1A New Office to Extension — extension approved in 2 weeks, no RFE

Ms. M. moved to the U.S. as a senior manager when her China-based parent company opened its U.S. subsidiary. We acted as immigration counsel for the company throughout the lifecycle: drafting the New Office L-1A package (business plan, investment plan, financial controls, hiring strategy, U.S. organizational structure), then handling the extension.

For the L-1A New Office filing, we organized every category of evidence and articulated a coherent U.S. organizational structure that supported her senior-managerial role from day one. The petition was approved.

For the extension, we updated the package against the prevailing tightened L-1 review standards, refining the description of her ongoing managerial duties and adding fresh evidence of the U.S. company's growth. Filed February 28, 2024 with premium processing; approved March 12, 2024 — two weeks, no RFE.

Both stages reinforced the team's continuous L-class approval record and established a clean foundation for a future EB-1C path.

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