L1 Visa Requirements And Green Card Process

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L1 Visa Requirements And Green Card Process
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• The US L1 Visa is a provisional non-immigrant
  entry arrangement which enables overseas
  organizations to shift their key personnel to
  their US based divisions parent organizations
  or setup offices in the US. The employees being
  relocated must have been in continuous employment
  with the organization for a period of at least 12
  months in previous three year period immediately
  prior to filing of request for this permission.

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• This classification has really proven to be
  highly beneficial for small, medium and newly
  established organizations. With help of this
  permit, the companies are able to shift those
  highly qualified employees to their new offices
  in the US, who have an in depth knowledge of
  functions and procedures of organizations, and
  who would play an important role in establishment
  of new branch, division in adherence to the
  organizational objectives.

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• Generally, US L1 Visa is granted on case to case
  basis, but USCIS has created a special provision
  for certain qualifying organizations thereby
  enabling them to nominate and shift numerous
  employees with help of a single approval. The
  qualifying organization definition includes those
  which are either big MNCs or are frequent
  applicants to this category. These companies can
  get a single approval under the Blanket program
  for relocating a definite number of personnel
  working under specified categories and ranks.

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Basic and Specific RequirementsL-1B Visa Has
Certain Requirements in specific and general
capacity for of organizations intending to shift
their workers and personnel being shifted to the
country, i.e.

• The company sending its personnel to the US must
  be either a parent organization, a division or an
  associate of US based organization and
• The organization should either be, or will be,
  carrying out business as an employment giving
  concern in the United States, and in a minimum of
  one overseas location either directly or through
  a bonafide entity to the extent of residence of
  employee in the United States under this
  arrangement. Although the business activity must
  be within the specified parameters and
  definitions, there is no specific requirement of
  being involved in foreign trade, i.e. the
  definition of deliberation of commercial activity
  defined under the statutes of this arrangement
  means a meticulous, continuous and organized
  provision of goods or services and

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The personnel being relocated must already be in
employment with the applicant organization for a
period of at least 1 year immediately preceding
the date of placement of application for L1 Visa
and they should be either of following

• o Key personnel at Managerial or
  Executive levels The foreign workers being
  shifted by overseas entities to the US must
  already be working at executive or at managerial
  levels in overseas locations and their roles in
  United States of America must also continue to be
  in similar capacity for the overseas companies,
  or
• o Personnel with Specialized Knowledge
  Overseas companies can also shift employees with
  specialist knowhow. This can include the people
  who have in depth knowhow about the product or
  services being offered by the organization, and
  the purpose of their travel to the US should
  involve training local US based employees.

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USCIS also permits an easy transition of status
from L1-A Visa To Green Card Through A Simplified
Process that enables the outstanding executives,
managers and specialists to apply for permanent
residence of the country without adversely
affecting their current residence status under
the present arrangement.

• As L1 is a dual intent permit, it allows the
  employers to move I-140 for the personnel they
  want to nominate for permanent residency. On
  being sanctioned, the personnel must place a
  request for adjustment of status through an I-485.

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L1 Visa Requirements and Green Card Process are
quite elaborate and simplified. Although L1 Visa
is a provisional non-immigrant entry arrangement
which enables overseas organizations to shift
their key personnel to US, transition of status
from temporary to permanent resident is quite
easy provided certain prerequisites are met by
both employers and employees.

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