What should I pay attention to when applying for L 1 visa extension in the United States?

# US Immigration # Introduction: The Immigration Bureau has implemented an unprecedented strict trial policy, whether it is the one-year US L/KLOC-0 visa for new companies or the extension application for new and old companies in the future. Especially in the extension of L/KLOC-0 visa in the United States, the Immigration Bureau has specially issued a new policy. Even if the application has been approved before, the subsequent extension application will be re-examined as a new application, and all factors will be ignored by the Immigration Bureau. Here's a brief introduction to what problems should be paid attention to when applying for L 1 visa extension in the United States. Welcome to read!

What should I pay attention to when applying for L 1 visa extension in the United States?

For example, the first time an American L/KLOC-0 visa application is approved, it is necessary to prove that the applicant is an executive of an overseas company. However, at the time of extension, the Immigration Bureau may refuse to extend the application on the grounds that the applicant was not an executive of an overseas company before, that is, although the previous L- 1 was approved, this factor has also been considered.

1. When the new company is extended for the first time, the L- 1 of the new company is usually valid for only one year. If you don't change your identity in the United States, the consulate will enter the United States after approving the visa. Maybe the validity of L- 1 has passed several months. Therefore, the time for the first extension is very urgent. Although the law allows applications to be submitted six months in advance, most new companies are just in their infancy in terms of employees and operations, and may be weak. Premature submission may be detrimental to approval. Therefore, it is necessary to balance the timing of submission and the operation of employees before the expiration, and sometimes it is necessary to cooperate with the application for green card. The principle is not to go downhill in America. In terms of staff and management, the new company should do it as early as possible, and prepare documents under the guidance of lawyers as early as possible.

2. For the second and third extensions of the new company and all extensions of the old company, we suggest submitting the extension application six months or five months in advance. In this case, if you choose an expedited application, it will take up to four months to get the result if there is any supplement. In this case, if rejected, there is still 1, and there are still two months to prepare to submit again. The extension of examination and approval generally starts from the second day of the original validity period, so there is no loss in applying in advance within the validity period.

In addition, regardless of whether the green card application has been submitted or not, as long as the green card has not been obtained, we suggest that the visa for L 1 in the United States must be extended, in case the green card application is rejected, it will not only lose its legal status, but also lose the opportunity to re-submit the green card application and have to leave the country.

Extended reading: the advantages of American immigrants

1. Residence right and travel convenience

With an American green card, you get permanent residency in the United States and can freely enter and leave the United States without going to the embassy to apply for a visa. Permanent residents of the United States can live in any of the 50 States of the United States and travel to many countries without a visa.

With a US passport, you can get visa-free access to about 186 countries and regions in landing visa. With the American green card, more than 100 countries and regions have implemented visa-free and landing visa.

2. Education for children

Admission rate: In the United States, 80% of the admission qualifications are usually allocated to students who are citizens or have permanent residency. This kind of students don't have to compete with the world's top students for admission places when applying, but a separate pool.

There are no restrictions on majors: some ace majors in the United States are not open to international students, while students with permanent residency apply as locals, which not only has a high admission rate, but also gives priority to many ace majors.

Scholarships: Students with permanent residency can apply for a variety of scholarships, with superior examination and approval conditions and a high probability of winning scholarships.

University tuition: The tuition fees paid by students with permanent residency to attend universities (including graduate students and doctoral students) are far lower than those paid by international students. Permanent residents can often save 2/3 of the expenses compared with international students.

Free education in primary and secondary schools: the benefits of becoming a permanent resident are not limited to higher education. Permanent residents can also enjoy free public primary and secondary education.

3. Work and employment

Freedom of employment: green card holders have no restrictions on employment, and can directly choose their favorite occupations like native Americans. Of course, there will be some restrictions. For example, some aerospace companies will require citizenship.

In the United States, international students want to stay only by applying for an H 1B visa. However, it is not easy for international students to find a job. It is even more difficult to find a position and a company is willing to apply for a job in H-1B. There was once a master student who had 72 interviews for H-1B. Because I am an international student, I have hit a wall many times.

Unemployment benefits: When the green card holder has no job, the government will give you a job for free. When you have a normal job, pay taxes for not less than six months (three months in some places), and then lose your job, you can get government relief on a monthly basis by reporting your unemployment to the local authorities in the United States.

The amount of unemployment benefits is usually based on the range of pre-employment salary, usually calculated on the basis of a quarter's salary, ranging from 500 dollars to 2000 dollars.