The L visa falls under the foreign temporary worker category. It is also referred to as an Intracompany Transferee Visa. The L-1A and L-1B visas allow the temporary workers to enter and work in the United States for a limited duration of either 5 or 7 years.
The visa enables foreign workers to work at a branch, parent company, or subsidiary of their current employer at the management or executive level, or at a level of specialized knowledge, in the U.S. The L visa requires that the applicant be continuously employed by the company for one full year within the past three years of applying for this visa.
There are two primary categories under this tier of an L visa. The categories include:
This classification allows an employer to transfer an employee at the manager or executive level to its affiliate or offshore office in the United States. This category also enables a foreign corporation that does not have a U.S. affiliate to deploy an executive or manager to the country to form one.
This category allows a U.S. employer to transfer an employee possessing specialized knowledge regarding their organization’s interest from its office abroad to its U.S.-based office.
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