What is the success rate of L 1 visa in the United States? And get a green card?

After the conditions are met, the success rate is still guaranteed, but the application conditions are relatively high.

American L 1 visa is applicable to managers/supervisors or professionals employed by branches of foreign companies in the United States.

L 1 There are two kinds of visas:

L 1A visa is applicable to managers/supervisors;

L 1B visa is suitable for professionals.

Managers/supervisors can work in the United States for 7 years with L 1A visa, and professionals can work in the United States for 5 years with L 1B visa. Among them, L 1A visa is more common.

The prerequisites for applying for L 1A visa are as follows:

1. A foreign head office must set up a branch in the United States.

2. The foreign head office must own 5 1%~ 100% of the shares of the American branch.

Branches in the United States must have fixed offices and detailed company development plans.

Foreign head offices must inject capital into American branches.

5.L 1 Visa applicants must have worked in a foreign head office for one year in the last three years.

6. The position of the applicant in the head office and branch offices is manager or supervisor.

Due to the rapid economic development in Chinese mainland and other Asian regions in recent years, many local companies and enterprises have reached a certain scale and are seeking to develop the American market. It has been adopted by many enterprises to set up branches in the United States to handle L 1A visas for company executives. Although the examination of L 1 visa by Immigration Bureau is stricter than in previous years, as long as the foreign company has a certain scale and really intends to come to the United States for development, the company has detailed planning and complete application materials, the application for L 1 visa can be approved.

According to the law, holders of L 1 visas can apply for a green card after staying in the United States for one year. However, many companies have not reached a certain scale of operation within one year, and the L 1 visa holders of these companies often have to wait for several years when applying for green cards, but they are not approved. In this case, the applicant can wait until the company's business scale expands before applying, instead of rushing to apply after one year.

Another way to apply for a green card is to apply for labor immigration through the express labor card. Subsidiaries in the United States can apply for labor immigration for their managers. For the application of labor immigration, the requirements of the Immigration Bureau on the company size are much looser than those of L 1 immigration application. The application time for express work card is generally 2 years. For many people who come to the United States with L 1 visa, instead of waiting for the company to expand its scale and meet the requirements of applying for L 1 green card, it is better to consider obtaining a green card through the fast labor card.