Cluster of L-1 Petitions Approved by AAO in August-September 2015

Recent Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decisions in recent months have shown a noticeable shift in decisions regarding L-1B Specialized Knowledge Intracompany Transfers. This occurs during the same period that USCIS issued its Aug. 17, 2015 L-1B Memorandum (Link).

However, it must be noted that the facts of each case are different, and this cluster of approvals may have been coincidental. Moreover, it may not be financially prudent to file to the AAO, in particular because of the delayed time it takes for them to make a decision for many cases.

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Recently approved appeals:

1) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG142015_01D7101.pdf

2) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/SEP152015_01D7101.pdf

3) (Refers to an L-1A case, but then discusses Specialized Knowledge) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG282015_01D7101.pdf

4) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG122015_02D7101.pdf

5) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG122015_01D7101.pdf

6) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG072015_01D7101.pdf

7) http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/err/D7%20-%20Intracompany%20Transferees%20(L-1A%20and%20L-1B)/Decisions_Issued_in_2015/AUG052015_02D7101.pdf