L – 1 Visa is comprehensive system that allows the permit holders to enter
the country and carry out duties allocated to them by their foreign employers
without obtaining a work permit. The arrangement also enables the applicants to
be accompanied by their families, including their spouses and dependent
children under 21 in age.
USCIS has made life easy for the people who do not have any
intentions of shifting to the US as migrants but they must go and perform some
important jobs in the country for their employers in following capacities:
·
On important
positions in the organizational hierarchy, like at executive or managerial
level, or
·
At some
strategically critical positions that need good technical skills and knowledge
of company’s products and services concept. These professionals either are
travelling to the US to implement some new concepts in the international
markets, impart training to the US locals, etc.
The duration of grant of L
– 1 Visa can vary from class to class, i.e. in case the recipient of this
permit is going to function in capacity of a manager or an executive, the
cumulative duration of the permitted residence is 7 years (under L1A); and if
the recipient of the permit is a specialist, the gross duration of permitted
residence is 5 years (under L1B). The initial grant under this category can
vary on the kind of permit being applied for; and the status of company
applying for the permit, i.e.
·
The company
already having an office in the country can apply and get an initial grant for
the period of 3 years;
·
The
organization establishing its first office in the US can get an initial grant
of 1 year for its shifting employee.
The companies fulfilling certain parameters can also apply for
blanket coverage of L – 1Visa. The
organizations intending to obtain blanket permission provided they are able to
substantiate that:
·
They are
carrying out commercial business in the country for at least last 12 months,
i.e. rendering services of supplying goods in local market,
·
They have at
least 3 local and overseas offices, and
·
They along
with their designated agencies, associates, divisions, or parent companies fulfill either of the listed
parameters:
o
The companies
have been granted a minimum of 10 L-1 permits in last 1 year;
o
The combined
turnover of the US organizations, their divisions, associates is at least $25
million; or
o
Provide
employment to a minimum of 1,000 local inhabitants.
The companies applying for L
– 1 Visa must also substantiate that the employees being shifted to the US
office would continue working in the same capacity and rank; and would be
performing duties similar to what they (recipients) had been doing in the
overseas office for at least 1 year in last 36 months immediately preceding the
date of submission of petitions. It is also necessary for the companies, filing
for this non-immigrant arrangement, to evidence that they would continue to do
business in the country to the extent of the validity of granted permit.
The Extension
for L – 1 Visa is granted after completion of initial tenure is granted
in multiple of 2 years with maximum tenure counting up to 7 years for L1A; and
5 years for L1B. The companies desiring renewal must prove validity of their
requests. The companies setting up new offices must substantiate that their
office has become fully operational and is in a position to afford the duties
and functions of employees shifted to the country.
This renewal of this non-immigrant entry permission arrangement is
always conditional, and companies must fulfill all the requirements.
If
you are interested, please drop your resume @ krishan@abhinav.com or http://goo.gl/forms/EfOIZbxYCh
For
more update visit: http://www.abhinav.com/usa-immigration/l-1a-permit-requirements.aspx
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