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The L-1A Visa enables a U.S. employer to transfer an executive or manager from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States. This classification also enables a foreign company which does not yet have an affiliated U.S. office to send an executive or manager to the United States with the purpose of establishing one.
To qualify for L1 visa classification in this category, the employer must:
Also to qualify, the named employee must
If foreign employers are seeking to send an employee to the United States as an executive or manager in order to establish a new office, it must be shown that:
Qualified employees entering the United States to establish a new office will be allowed a maximum initial stay of one year. All other qualified employees will be allowed a maximum initial stay of three years.
The transferring employee may be accompanied or followed by his or her spouse and unmarried children who are under 21 years of age. Contact Boyer Law Firm and we will help you with the different visa involved for this.
The L-1B Visa enables a U.S. employer to transfer a professional employee with specialized knowledge relating to the organization’s interests from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States. This classification also enables a foreign company which does not yet have an affiliated U.S. office to send a specialized knowledge employee to the United States to help establish one.
For foreign employers who are seeking to send an employee with specialized knowledge to the United States in order to be employed in a qualifying new office, it must also be shown that
Qualified employees entering the United States to establish a new office will be allowed a maximum initial stay of one year. All other qualified employees will be allowed a maximum initial stay of three years. For all L-1B employees, requests for extension of stay may be granted in increments of up to an additional two years, until the employee has reached the maximum limit of five years.
The transferring employee may be accompanied or followed by his or her spouse and unmarried children who are under 21 years of age. Contact Boyer Law Firm and we will help you with the different visa involved for this.
The L-1B Visa enables a U.S. employer to transfer a professional employee with specialized knowledge relating to the organization’s interests from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States. This classification also enables a foreign company which does not yet have an affiliated U.S. office to send a specialized knowledge employee to the United States to help establish one.
The general qualifications of the employer ant the employee, as well as the admission of family members are, in general, similar to the L1-A requirements.
Regarding the period of stay, for all L-1B employees, requests for extension of stay may be granted in increments of up to an additional two years, until the employee has reached the maximum limit of five years.
