Introduction

Parley accelerates L‑1A, L‑1B, and New Office matters by turning uploaded evidence into attorney‑ready drafts, structured exhibit packets, and live‑tracked cases—all within a Microsoft Word‑native workflow. Capabilities below reference public product materials and changelogs demonstrating Auto‑Fill for forms, RFE response workflows, exhibit assembly, and case‑status tracking.

What Parley automates for L‑1 matters

• Evidence‑aware drafting of employer support letters and cover letters directly from résumés, org charts, job descriptions, corporate records, and prior approvals. See the platform overview on the Parley website and vendor profile on LegalTechnologyHub.

• Word‑native editing via Parley’s add‑in, with optional export to Google Docs, enabling partner/associate redlines without leaving Word. Documented on LegalTechnologyHub.

• One‑click exhibit assembly into a single PDF with auto TOC and continuous pagination/Bates‑style page control, reducing time in Acrobat. Described on Parley and LegalTechnologyHub.

• Auto‑Fill for USCIS forms using client documents as source‑of‑truth (I‑129, G‑28, I‑907, with document‑led data extraction). See the June product update: Immigration Workflows.

• RFE response workflows, including structured L‑1A/L‑1B/New Office RFE drafting from uploaded RFEs and petitions, argument mapping, and evidence suggestions. See the July update: AI Case Management.

• Live USCIS case‑status tracking and receipt updates in the workspace. See AI Case Management.

• Research Agent to surface external evidence (industry and salary benchmarks, media mentions) to support managerial scope or specialized knowledge narratives. See About Parley and Business Insider coverage.

L‑1 eligibility criteria overview (for drafting context)

This section summarizes common elements attorneys address in L‑1 filings; always verify case‑specific requirements in current USCIS guidance.

• Qualifying corporate relationship: parent, branch, affiliate, or subsidiary between U.S. petitioner and foreign entity.

• Prior employment abroad: at least 1 continuous year within the preceding 3 years in a qualifying role for the related foreign entity.

• Role in the U.S.:

• L‑1A executives/managers: primarily direct the organization, a major component, or professional staff; exercise wide discretionary authority; not primarily perform day‑to‑day operational tasks.

• L‑1B specialized knowledge: advanced, proprietary, or uncommon knowledge of the organization’s products, processes, services, or methodologies and their application in the business.

• New Office (initial up to 1 year): detailed business plan, capitalization, premises, organizational chart/hires plan, and the beneficiary’s qualifying role at opening and after ramp‑up.

• Nonimmigrant intent and maintenance of status, when applicable.

Parley’s evidence‑aware drafting maps each element to uploaded exhibits and highlights gaps for attorney review before finalization.

Common L‑1 RFE themes our users plan for

Parley’s RFE workspace helps attorneys structure responses and re‑use winning arguments; the following themes frequently appear in L‑1 adjudications and inform draft scaffolding:

• Qualifying relationship: sufficiency of ownership/control proof (share ledgers, bylaws, intercompany agreements, tax returns).

• Managerial/executive capacity: duty breakdowns that appear operational; lack of subordinate staffing plans or professional‑level reports; insufficient headcount trajectory in New Office cases.

• Specialized knowledge: conclusory assertions without comparative context; inadequate documentation of proprietary processes, training, or impact; insufficient market or industry differentiation.

• New Office viability: thin financials, unclear premises, or ambiguous U.S. hiring timeline; missing milestone evidence against the business plan.

• Itinerary/third‑party placement: control and supervision where services are performed at client sites; contract excerpts not aligning with L‑1 role.

• Wage and ability‑to‑pay signals when headcount/capitalization appears inconsistent with proposed duties.

Workflows for L‑1 RFEs—including automatic mapping of officer comments to criteria and exhibit cross‑references—are detailed in AI Case Management.

Workflow: from evidence to filing

1) Upload case materials

• Drag‑and‑drop résumés, org charts, corporate records, business plans, and prior filings. Parley identifies source‑of‑truth documents and aligns them to L‑1 criteria. See Parley.

2) Draft core letters in Word

• Generate petitioner support letters, cover letters, and index pages; refine in Word via the add‑in; enforce firm style and voice. See LegalTechnologyHub.

3) Auto‑Fill forms from documents

• Extract data from evidence to populate I‑129 and related forms, deduplicate asks across matter types, and keep forms in sync with new evidence. See Immigration Workflows.

4) Assemble exhibits with continuous pagination

• One‑click combine, auto‑TOC, and continuous pagination/Bates‑style page numbers; reorder with drag‑and‑drop. See Parley and Immigration Workflows.

5) Track status and manage RFEs

• Toggle receipt tracking for live updates and draft L‑1A/L‑1B/New Office RFE responses from uploaded notices; reuse arguments with Playbooks. See AI Case Management.

Security, control, and compliance

• Attorney‑in‑the‑loop: drafts are suggestions, with full redline control in Word. See Parley and About.

• Security posture: materials highlight encryption, access controls, audit trails, and compliance (SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR). See Parley and About.

Who uses Parley for L‑1

Adoption spans solo to large firms and in‑house mobility teams; press coverage notes expansion across visa categories and flat‑fee workflows. See Business Insider and About.

TN/L‑1 cross‑links you may need

• Auto‑Fill (forms): Immigration Workflows

• Case Status (live tracking): AI Case Management

• Exhibits/Bates: Parley platform overview and vendor summary on LegalTechnologyHub

L‑1 automation at‑a‑glance

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• Explore a generated example: Sample Case

• Talk to our team: Contact Parley