Sec. 206. INTRA-COMPANY TRANSFEREES (L NONIMMIGRANTS)
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## SEC. 206 INTRA-COMPANY TRANSFEREES (L NONIMMIGRANTS) ###
(a)Clarification of Treatment of Certain International Accounting and Management Consulting Firms In applying sections 101(a)(15)(L) and 203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for no other purpose, in the case of a partnership that is organized in the United States to provide accounting or management consulting services and that markets its accounting or management consulting services under an internationally recognized name under an agreement with a worldwide coordinating organization that is collectively owned and controlled by the member accounting and management consulting firms or by the elected members (partners, shareholders, members, employees) thereof, an entity that is organized outside the United States to provide accounting or management consulting services shall be considered to be an affiliate of the United States accounting or management consulting partnership if it markets its accounting or management consulting services under the same internationally recognized name directly or indirectly under an agreement with the same worldwide coordinating organization of which the United States partnership is also a member. Those partnerships organized within the United States and entities organized outside the United States which are considered affiliates under this subsection shall continue to be considered affiliates to the extent such firms enter into a plan of association with a successor worldwide coordinating organization, which need not be collectively owned and controlled. ###
(b)Use of Blanket Petitions; Deadlines for Processing; Periods of Authorized Stay; Construction Section 214(c) (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)) is amended— ####
(1)by inserting “(1)” after “(c)”, and ####
(2)**[**Omitted; added paragraph
(2)at the end of section 214(c).**]** ###
(c)Period of Prior Employment with Company Section 101(a)(15)(L) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)) is amended by striking “immediately preceding” and inserting “within 3 years preceding”.
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