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US L1 Visa

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Overview

• The L1 allows overseas companies to transfer certain categories of employees to work in the USA for up to seven years
• The employee should have worked for the overseas company’s subsidiary, parent, affiliate or branch outside of the US for at least one year out of the last three years
• US Companies can apply to the USCIS to transfer an employee from their overseas branch and the employee will be granted an L1 visa for 3 years
• There is no limit to the number of L1s available in a year
• L-2 dependant spouses can now obtain a general work authorization which must be applied separately
• It takes 2-4 months for a normal L1, 1-3 weeks for an L1 covered by a blanket approval.

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Who can be sponsored on an L1 visa?

Managers / Executives:You will be required to show that you are a senior professional staff of a key function, department or division of the company. Also, your job is of a supervisory nature and you have a team / teams reporting to you. Visa will be granted for a 3 year period and is extendible twice to a maximum of seven years.

Specialized Knowledge Staff: You must show that you have knowledge of the company's products/services, research, systems, proprietary techniques, management, or procedures. You will get a visa for 3 years extended to a maximum period of 5 years.

When you have completed the maximum period you must return to your home country and be employed with your company for a minimum of one year and then make a new L1 or H1 application.

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Eligibility

• All L1 employees must have been employed by the overseas company for at least one of the three years preceding the transfer unless they are beneficiary of a blanket L1
• Employee should have been directly or indirectly employed by the overseas company. It could even be as a freelance employee as long as the sponsor had management & control over the worker for one of the last three years
• The employee should have been employed as an executive, manager or specialized knowledge worker. Managers and Executives should be supervising professional and managerial staff & teams and control and direct day to day operations. Specialized workers should be fully trained & familiar with the company’s products, methods, processes & procedures.

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Visa Fee

Visa fee: $160

Disclaimer: Visa fees are subjected to change without prior notice

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Price List, Fee Schedule & Refund Policy

Opulentus service fee is Competitive & among the best you will find in the industry. At any given time, our state of the art Processing Centre is processing over 5000 active cases from across the world. Our processes are standard & Process Consultants are the best in the world.

Our Prices are standard across all our offices. We guarantee that other than company offers & promotions, you will not be quoted a higher price & eventually pay a lower price. Prices are determined by the company & are fixed for all clients, offices & cases. You know you are paying the right price – the same as all our 10000+ clients around the world.

Please refer to our Price List & Fee Schedule