Approved L-1 cases

🇮🇳IndiaHospitality & TravelRFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped an Indian sales executive secure an L-1A visa to transfer from his company's overseas operations and lead its hospitality sales in the U.S. While working abroad on an open work permit, he managed a sizable sales team for a manufacturer with facilities in both countries, and the petition documented his managerial role and the company's qualifying presence on each side. The case was approved after a Request for Evidence (RFE) response.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyRFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped an Indian founder and CEO win approval for an L-1 visa to launch his company's new U.S. subsidiary, drawing on a well-established overseas headquarters and early-stage U.S. operations. The case cleared an RFE along the way, with the team assembling the required business plan and supporting documentation to keep the filing on track ahead of his return to India.

🇮🇳IndiaMedia & MarketingNo RFELinda Chan Attreed - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Linda Chan Attreed helped an Indian advertising-technology founder secure L-1 approval to establish a new U.S. office for his growing company. The filing documented his managerial experience abroad, a qualifying corporate relationship between his U.S. and Indian entities, and a business plan supporting near-term U.S. hiring.

🇳🇬NigeriaEngineering & ManufacturingNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped a Nigerian entrepreneur expand his business to the U.S. with an approved L-1A new office visa. The case was built on his role as owner and director of an established consumer goods manufacturer in Nigeria opening its first U.S. operation, and it succeeded despite a past visa denial.

RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped a multinational executive transfer to the U.S. with an approved L-1A intracompany transferee petition. A Request for Evidence was raised along the way and successfully overcome, clearing the path to approval.

🇺🇿UzbekistanRFEAvalon L. Paul - Immigration Attorney

Avalon Paul helped an Uzbek business leader extend his L-1A status to continue running his growing U.S. operation. The extension was supported by evidence of the company's expansion, including new hiring, and a Request for Evidence was successfully overcome before approval.

🇮🇸IcelandArts & EntertainmentNo RFEMeaghan Tuohey - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Meaghan Tuohey helped an Icelandic CEO expand his e-commerce consumer brand to the U.S. with the L-1A executive visa. The case demonstrated his executive control of the parent company and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, backed by more than $700,000 invested in U.S. operations and active commercial sales on major online marketplaces. Establishing the business as fully operational qualified him for a full three-year visa rather than a one-year new-office approval.

🇬🇧United KingdomTechnologyRFESonu Lal - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Sonu Lal helped a British technical sales specialist transfer to his company's U.S. operation on the L-1B specialized knowledge visa, successfully overcoming a Request for Evidence along the way. The case centered on his specialized expertise in environmental monitoring technology for emerging markets, an area few professionals command. Careful documentation of the multi-entity parent-subsidiary relationship between the UK and U.S. companies sealed the approval.

🇨🇳ChinaRetail & E-commerceNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped a Chinese e-commerce founder expand his company into the U.S. with a new-office L-1A visa. The client had built a startup valued in the tens of millions that serves major international retail brands, including a digital-twin shopping app that generated substantial revenue within months of launch. His critical, highly compensated leadership role and press coverage of his work further strengthened the case.

TechnologyNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped a manager at an AI software company transfer to the U.S. with an L-1A visa. After an earlier TN attempt was withdrawn over a job-title mismatch, Manifest repositioned the case as an employer-sponsored intracompany managerial transfer, and the petition was approved within about three weeks.

No RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped the chief executive of a growing company secure an L-1A intracompany transfer visa to lead its U.S. operations. The petition presented his role as president and CEO overseeing the business's expansion across the border. The approval later paved the way for the executive to pursue an EB-1C multinational manager Green Card with Manifest.

🇿🇦South AfricaEngineering & ManufacturingNo RFECarmiann Cespedes - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Carmiann Cespedes helped a South African mechanical engineer who founded a U.S. engineering consultancy keep his new-office L-1 case on track by successfully overcoming a Request for Evidence. The filing documented the young company's momentum - a fresh equity investment, new office space, a restructured holding company, and a strategic pivot toward consulting and project development. The approval let the founders continue growing their U.S. operation.

Rupal Parikh helped a financial services manager complete her transfer to the U.S. by successfully overcoming a Request for Evidence on her L-1A petition. The client had managed a team of six professionals at her company's European office before accepting a supervisory role with its affiliated U.S. entity. The response clarified her managerial duties and the organization's structure, securing the approval.

Engineering & ManufacturingNo RFECarmiann Cespedes - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Carmiann Cespedes helped an engineering entrepreneur establish his career in the U.S. with the L-1 visa. The case centered on his transfer from his overseas engineering consultancy to its newly established U.S. office, which he had registered to expand the business stateside. Approval was secured despite initial concerns about the small size of the foreign operation.

Rupal Parikh helped a Europe-based manager transfer to the U.S. with the L-1 visa. The case was built on the client's role managing a team of professionals at the foreign affiliate of a U.S. company, and it required careful documentation of job descriptions and the organizational chart to establish the qualifying managerial capacity of the new U.S. role.