L-1 nonimmigrants who adjusted to legal permanent resident (LPR) status through employment-based immigrant preference categories, 2007–2013
| L-1 subclassification | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-1 (subclassification unspecified) | 1,469 | 1,469 | 1,469 | 1,713 | 1,096 | 1,537 | 1,654 | 10,407 |
| L-1A | 6,310 | 6,310 | 6,310 | 6,521 | 4,272 | 6,752 | 6,907 | 43,382 |
| L-1B | – | – | 817 | 603 | 825 | 962 | 1,035 | 4242 |
| Total | 58,031 |
Notes: Data shown for 2007–2009 are authors’ estimates, arrived at by taking the average number of L-1A’s, L-1B’s, and L-1’s with an unspecified subclassification who adjusted to LPR status between 2010 and 2014 (from unpublished USCIS data provided by Lazaro Zamora at the Bipartisan Policy Center). All references to a particular year should be understood to mean the U.S. government’s fiscal year (October 1–September 30).
Source: Data acquired from USCIS via a FOIA request and published in part in Zamora 2016; data by L-1 subclassification are unpublished