L-1 WORK VISA

The L non-immigrant visa category is one of the most useful tools available to international companies who need to bring qualified foreign employees to the United States. There are three types of transferees that can come to the U.S. on an L-1 visas:  (1) A manager, executive, or employee with “specialized knowledge” can come to the U.S. to open a new office on behalf of the company abroad; (2) Company executives or managers may obtain an L-1A visa to work for a foreign company here in the U.S.; (2) Employees with specialized knowledge can obtain an L-1B visa to transfer from the foreign company to a U.S. office, subsidiary, or affiliated company to perform temporary services.