International Company Transferees - L1A/B

The L1/2 category applies to aliens who work for a company with a parent, subsidiary, branch, or affiliate in the U.S. These workers come to the U.S. as intracompany transferees who are coming to perform services either in a managerial or executive capacity (L-1A) or which entail specialized knowledge (L-1B) for a parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of the same employer that employed the professional abroad. Overseas’ companies can use this category to set up a new office in U.S. as a step stone for future business development.

Preliminary Considerations

-  Evidence of the qualifying relationship between the U.S. and the foreign employer which    address ownership and control, such as an annual report, copies of articles of incorporation,
   financial statements, or stock certificates;
-  A letter from the alien's foreign qualifying employer detailing his or her dates of employment, job    duties, qualifications and salary and demonstrating that the alien worked for the employer      abroad for at least one continuous year within the three-year period before the filing of the    petition in an executive or managerial capacity or in a position involving specialized knowledge    and
-  A detailed description of the proposed job duties and qualifications and evidence the    proposed employment is in an executive or managerial capacity or in a position involving    specialized knowledge.
-  Maximum stay for (L-1A) is 7 years; (L-1B) is 5 years, with no further H or L status until you
   have been absent from the U.S for 1-year
-  Processing time: 2 weeks for premium process.