Blanket Petition
A Blanket Petition is a petition seeking continuous approval for the company and for all of its branches under L category. Under this process, the Service Center is responsible to establish whether the company and all its branches are qualified for approval of a Blanket Petition and to determine whether the Indian applicant is eligible for the L-I-A or L-I-B categories.
The approved blanket petition shall be finalized and indefinitely maintained by the appropriate Service Center. The petitioner will be considered as the single representative of that qualifying US Company with which the Service will deal regarding this blanket petition.
The petitioning US Company must include all of its branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates which may seek an Intracompany Transferee to US under the blanket petition. The company may also file an individual petition instead of using the blanket petition procedure.
