L1 Visa
L1 VISA:
The L1 visa is a means by which workers for a company with specialized knowledge, as well as executives and managers of the company, are able to transfer from foreign offices of the company to offices based in the United States.
In order to be eligible for an L1 visa, employees must have worked for the company for a minimum of one continuous year of the previous three. The employee must be coming to the United States to work as a manager or executive, or as an employee with special knowledge, for the U.S. branch of the company.
The L1A visa (for executives and managers) permits stay within the United States for seven years, while L1B visa allows employees with specialized knowledge to remain in the United States for five years, after which they must return to work at the foreign parent or subsidiary for a year before they are eligible to reapply for the L1 visa.
The L1 visa allows for spouses and children (under age 21) to come to the United States as well under L2 status. Spouses are permitted to work under L2 visas, but children are not.
