Work Experience Requirements for an L-1 Visa

Work Experience Requirements for an L-1 Visa

An L-1 visa allows executives, managers and employees with specialized knowledge who work in an overseas company that also has U.S. facilities to move to the U.S. to work in the company’s U.S. location.

To qualify for an L-1 visa, you must have been employed by a non-U.S. company for at least one continuous year out of the past three years. The U.S. company where you will be working must be either the parent company, branch, subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture partner of the non-U.S. company.

To qualify as an executive, you must:

• Direct the management of the company or a major division of the company;
• Determine the policies and goals of the company or a major division of the company;
• Have broad discretionary decision-making authority;
• Be supervised only by executives at a higher level, a Board of Directors or shareholders.

To qualify as a manager, you must:

• Manage the entire company or a subdivision, department or function of the company;
• Supervise and control the work of other supervisors or professionals, or manage a department, function or subdivision;
• Have decision-making authority over hiring and firing employees;
• Have decision-making authority over the daily operations of a department, subdivision or function.

To qualify as an employee with specialized knowledge, you must:

• Possess an in-depth understanding of the company and its products, services, processes and procedures that is not readily available in the U.S.;
• Possess truly specialized knowledge that is not widely held in the company’s industry.

There are currently no limitations on the number of L-1 visas issued by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services every year.

The North Miami attorneys at Jurado & Farshchian, P.L. can assist with your business immigration or residency issues. Please contact us at (305) 921-0440, or email us at info@jflawfirm.com.

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