SAFETRAN

Interim Decision #3108 MATTER OF SAFETRAN In Visa Petition Proceedings SRC N 7343 - - Decided by Conimissioner April 24, 1989 (1) Although not specifically addressed in the regulations, the 5- or 6-year limit of stay imposed on "H-1" and "L-1" nonimmigrant aliens is cumulative; it includes both the time spent in the United States as an "H-1" and as an "L-1" in the same 5- or 6-year period of time. (2) In order to establish the existence of extraordinary circumstances warranting an extension of temporary stay for a sixth and final year, the petitioner bears the burden of submitting evidence…