USA L1 Visa and What it Entails |Y-Axis USA

With an L1 visa, a foreign worker in a managerial or an executive rank of a company can be temporarily relocated to the United States to work offshore. It could be a subsidiary, affiliate or even a parent of the firm where the employer is presently working.

In other words, L1 Visa USA is for intra-company transferees (ICTs). Being a non-immigrant visa, it allows granting of USA L2 Visa, under which the dependents such as spouse and children aged fewer than 21, can accompany the visa holder.

Initially, L1 visas were granted to employees of multinational companies, which wanted to transfer some of their employees to America. But it was modified to allow small businesses or start-ups to expand their operations and services in the US.

As L-1 visa is not a visa restricted to select countries that the US may have special relations with, citizens of any country can come to the US if they completely satisfy the eligibility requirements.

L-1 visa holders need to provide evidence that they are not entering the world’s largest economy with an intention of becoming its permanent residents. But that does not mean that they are not entitled to apply for a green card at any time. They can, in fact, file for adjustment of status in America.

Holders of this work visa need not be employed full-time to maintain their status, but they should devote sufficient amount of time on a regular and frequent basis for the company through which they obtained an L1 Visa USA.

The L-1 visa holder is also allowed to travel between the US and the country from where she/he was employed. The L1 visa may also be granted to workers of charitable, religious or non-profit organizations.

In addition to the above, frequent users of L1 visas are given access to the L-I Blanket Petition Program, which gives these enterprises a special advantage of needing to get only one approval from the USCIS to transfer more than one employee at the same time to the US.

If a worker is coming to the US only to meet officials, attend conferences and meetings or to undertake training or other temporary activities, she/he should rather apply for a business visa. Spouses who come on dependent visas to the US and want to work there must apply to the USCIS for work authorisation.

As citizens of the United Kingdom are most usually native English speakers, they need not qualify in any English proficiency tests before arriving in the US. An added advantage for British citizens is that because their country has been sharing a special relationship with America for so many decades now, they would face lesser pressure than citizens of other countries would in gaining entry into the nation on the other side of the Atlantic.

Since the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will examine L1 visa applications, it is better to seek the help of professional companies which provide migration services. Here, we suggest that you check out the services of Y-Axis, India’s premier Immigration Consultancy firm, which also operates from out of the UK. Schedule an Appointment with us to avail telephone counseling without any strings attached.