What is the US L 1 visa?

L 1 is a non-immigrant visa, which allows multinational companies with offices in the United States and China to send managers or professional technicians from overseas parent companies to work in American branches.

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 has many advantages:

1, unlike H 1, has no limit.

2. You can bring your family and make multiple trips. When L 1A/B personnel leave the United States and return to China, L2 family members can still work and go to school in the United States.

3. You can apply for the first priority immigration immediately after coming to the United States, without complicated work permit application procedures or quota restrictions. Therefore, the L 1 visa is not only a shortcut for managers and related personnel of multinational companies to come to the United States, but also a new way to get a green card.

In addition, in order to facilitate the operation and development of L 1' s branch in the United States, the head office of L 1 does not need to set up an independent branch in the United States, but can expand its business scale through equity participation or joint venture with local enterprises. This will be conducive to the approval of L 1 and the application of L 1 applicants for green cards after coming to the United States. More importantly, it will be of great benefit to the preparation, investment cost, number of employees and company profits of the American L 1 branch.

At the same time, the manager of L 1 can also directly participate in the operation of the company. Unlike investment immigrants, investment funds are in the hands of project fund institutions. Not only can it not be guaranteed to recover the investment, but it is also unknown whether it can generate income.