Possibly, but only for organisations that meet the blanket criteria, which include size and prior approval thresholds a single small fabricator will not reach. A blanket approval also does not lower the specialized-knowledge standard; it changes the procedure, not the evidence a particular employee must produce.
A different procedure, the same substantive test
Hypothetical example: Gabriel's employer, a sheet-metal fabricator near Wickham with two related companies, asks whether a blanket petition would be cheaper than filing individually each time. The honest answer usually begins with eligibility. Blanket arrangements are designed for organisations of a certain scale and filing history, and a small group does not qualify simply because it expects to move people occasionally.
Even where a blanket exists, the individual employee still has to satisfy the specialized-knowledge definition, and consular officers examine that. So the saving is procedural rather than substantive. For budgeting purposes, current amounts should be taken from the USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, and the larger figures remain the same either way: assembling internal method documents, translating Quebec corporate records, and paying for a second round of work if a request for evidence arrives.
- USCIS: L-1B intracompany transferee specialized knowledge
- USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 2 Part L: intracompany transferees
- USCIS: L classification documentation and evidence
- 8 U.S.C. 1184: admission of nonimmigrants and the specialized knowledge definition
- Department of State: 9 FAM 402.12, intracompany transferees
- USCIS: Form G-1055, fee schedule