A blanket petition is available only to organizations meeting size and activity thresholds, which a small processor usually does not. Premium processing is optional and adds a fee from the USCIS fee schedule on top of the standard petition fees.
Match the procedure to the company, then price it
Hypothetical example: a Mission berry processor with forty employees reads that large companies transfer staff quickly under a blanket L and asks for the same. Blanket approval requires, among other conditions, three or more domestic and foreign branches, subsidiaries or affiliates and one of several size measures such as a thousand U.S. employees, substantial U.S.
sales or a track record of individual L approvals. A company that cannot meet those files an individual petition. The costs then are the Form I-129 fee, the fraud prevention and detection fee for an initial L petition, an asylum program fee that depends on employer size, and premium processing if faster adjudication is worth its price.
Family members' applications carry separate fees. Take every amount from the current USCIS fee schedule, Form G-1055, and confirm which exemptions apply to a company of this size. Hypothetical example: A beverage manufacturer with a small workforce asks whether an expensive blanket-L application would avoid the need to document its quality specialist's knowledge.
The first review should first decide whether the organization actually qualifies for blanket approval and, separately, whether this employee meets L-1B's substantive rule. The blanket process does not eliminate the need for credible knowledge evidence. Compare filing costs, travel timing and the records already available before choosing an individual or blanket route.
A short cut that relies on a company label rather than the employee's actual assignment may lead to delay and duplicate expense.