What are the requirements for the L/KLOC-0 visa in the United States?

L 1 Visa is a work visa issued by the U.S. government to managers of foreign companies to set up branches, subsidiaries or affiliated companies in the United States. Generally speaking, the L 1 visa is valid for one to three years at a time, and you can apply for an extension when the visa expires. At the time of extension, the company must have turnover or at least one acceptable reason for extension. After the company has been operating in the United States for one year, the company's managers can apply for a green card in the United States. L 1 The spouse of the visa applicant and unmarried children under 2 1 can apply for L2 visa to enter the United States, and they can apply for green cards together.

There are two kinds of L 1 visas. L 1A is the visa for managers and supervisors of multinational companies, and L 1B is the visa for specialized technicians. L2 is a visa issued to the spouses of the above two categories of personnel and children under 2 1 year.

L 1 visa application conditions

According to the U.S. immigration law and the trial experience of the U.S. Immigration Bureau, you can get an L 1 visa as long as the following conditions are met: 1. The company (parent company) in China really exists; 2. The applicant has worked in the parent company for at least one consecutive year in the three years before applying for the L/KLOC-0 visa; 3. The applicant is engaged in management work in the parent company; 4. The branches, subsidiaries or affiliated companies in the United States really exist; 5. The applicant is engaged in management work in an American company.

It is worth noting that the laws and immigration authorities in the United States do not limit the size or assets of the parent company. The US Immigration Bureau examines the L/KLOC-0 visa application, focusing on "authenticity", that is, whether the foreign parent company really exists, whether the American subsidiary really exists, whether the American subsidiary really conducts business activities, and whether the nature of the applicant's work in the parent company and subsidiary is management. As long as the Immigration Bureau can dispel doubts about these issues through examination, the applicant's L 1 visa application can be approved. Of course, from our practical experience, under the premise of ensuring the above-mentioned "authenticity", the domestic parent company has more than 10 employees and total assets of more than 5 million yuan, and the start-up capital remitted to the American subsidiary is 500,000 US dollars, which basically guarantees the approval of the L 1 visa.