L1-A allows an executive or manager from one of its affiliated foreign offices transfer to one of its offices in the U.S. It can be used when a foreign company tries to establish a U.S office. L1-A visa holders can stay in the U.S for maximum 7 years under certain circumstances. Family of L1-A holders, spouses and unmarried children who are under 21 years of age, can obtain L-2.
Application Requirements
The requirements for both petitioners (employers) and beneficiaries (executives or managers) must be met.
The petitioner must have relationships with a foreign parent company, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate and have been or will be doing business in the U.S and in at least one other country directly or through a qualifying organization for the duration of the beneficiary’s stay in the United States as an L-1. The engagement in international trade is not required.
The beneficiary must have been working for one continuous year within the three years preceding the admission to the U.S as an executive or manager of foreign parent company, branch subsidiary, or affiliate. The reason to enter the United States must be to offer services in an executive or managerial position of a branch of the same employer or one of its qualifying organizations.
L-1 簽證是簽發給跨國公司經理人員(L-1A)或高級技術人員(L-1B)的簽證。跨國公司是簽證的申請人,經理或高級技術人員是受益人。不同於商務簽證或其它短期簽證,該類簽證的受益人可以有移民傾向。 L-1 簽證首次批准後,有效期為3 年或1年;可延長兩次,總有效期最長為7年。
跨國企業經理簽證 L-1A優點:
申請L-1A 簽證必須具備的條件:
L-1簽證的申請程序:
如果海外公司在美國還沒有成立分公司,子公司,合資公司等,必須先註冊成立公司。在美國註冊公司一般需要1到2個月,可辦加急。公司成立辦理相關手續後,遞交簽證申請。如果海外公司在美國的子公司或分公司成立不到1年,移民局一般批准的簽證有效期為1年。期滿後可延期兩次,總共不可超過7年。如果海外公司在美國的母公司,分公司,子公司,合資公司等已經存在1年以上,批准的L-1A簽證的有效期一般為2-3年。
申請審批的時間一般為3-6個月。可申請加急審理,移民局會在15個工作日內做出決定。獲批後,如果受益人身在美國國境以外,需持批准通知原件和護照到美國領事館申請L-1A簽證,獲批後即可赴美工作。
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