L Brands for Intra-Company Transfers and Trainers and Managers Within the United States

The L Visa category of visas are available to facilitate the transfer
of company personnel. These visas are divided into two categories: the
L-1A visa for Intra-company transferees reserved for Executive and
Managers and the L-1B visa for Intra-company transferees reserved for
those with specialized knowledge.These two visas are similar in
requirements, with the primary difference being the applicant's
position as an executive or manager, for L-1A and the special
knowledge of the employee being transferred, for L-1B. The other L
category visa that is available is for the dependents of L-1 visa
holders, and this is the L-2 visa.The L-1A visa is reserved for
Executive and Managers of a company that are allowed to be transferred
to an affiliated company. The companies have to be related in a
certain manner in order to be considered qualifying organizations.




Some of the basic requirements are that:1. The U.S. employer must file the
petition on behalf of the employee, seeking to transfer the employee from
the foreign affiliate.2. The employee must have worked continuously for at
least one year for the foreign company within the past three years, and
have worked in either an executive, managerial or specialized knowledge
capacity.3. The petition must clearly show that there is a qualifying
relationship between the U.S. company and the foreign, including
demonstrating that the foreign entity is the parent, branch, affiliate, or
subsidiary of the U.S. petitioning company.4. Both the U.S. and the
foreign companies must be actively operating.Some of the benefits of being
an L Visa holder include:1. You can work legally in the U.S. for a U.S.
company, for maximum amount of seven years in L-1A status, or five years
in L-1B status, so long as you maintain L-1 status qualifications. You can
travel in and out of the U.S. freely, and;2. Your spouse and dependents
(children under the age 21) may enter the United States, and if so
desired, your spouse may work in the United States.If a person is entering
the U.S. to open up a new office, then the petitioning company must prove
the following:1. Secure sufficient physical premises;2. The beneficiary
must meet the one-year continuous employment requirement; and3. The
intended U.S. operation within one year "will support an executive or
managerial position." This includes demonstrating the financial ability of
the foreign and U.S. entity to commence business and to compensate the
beneficiary.




Some of the requirements and benefits of being an L-1B Visa holder are
similar to that of the L-1A Visa holders. To qualify for the L-1B Visa,
the employee must possess specialized knowledge of the company's products,
service, research, equipment, techniques, management or other interests or
an advanced level of knowledge of processes and procedures of the company.
These visa holders are allowed a total of five (5) year period of
stay.Keep in mind that with these types of business visas, there is the
requirement for providing supporting documentation, usually including a
business plan and translations of documents in a foreign language.

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