L-1A Intracompany Transferee Executive or Manager

There are two types of L1 visa:

• L1-A is for managers and executives, who are either transferring to a US office, or coming into the US for the purposes of setting up a US office.
• L1-B is for specialized employees, who have essential specialist skills or knowledge.

In either case, it is the employer (“petitioning employer”) that submits the visa application.

For both L1-A and L1-B, the employee must have worked for the corporation  for one continuous twelve-month period in the previous 36 months.

The L1-A visa grants a maximum stay of up to 7 years. L1-B grants up to 5 years. However, if the employee has previously worked in the US under an H visa, that time may be deducted from the allowed stay.

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