San Antonio L1A Visa Lawyer
What is a L1A Visa?
Visa to Transfer Executives & Managers to USA
The L1A Visa is a work visa for high-level corporate personnel of a foreign company to be transferred to work at a company in the US. To qualify, there must be a foreign company seeking to transfer a worker to a US company. Both companies must be owned by or a part of the same corporate group. The L1A visa is not for low-level employees. It is for executives and managers, which for L1A purposes, means that it is limited to high-level personnel responsible for making important corporate decisions and who supervise subordinates who also make important corporate decisions. For example: David is an executive at “Company A” located in France. Company A has a sister company in the US called “Company B”. David is to be transferred to be an executive in the US at Company B. The L1A visa would allow David to be transferred from the company in France to work at the company in the US.
L1A visas are used by both employees and by investors, i.e., owners of multinational companies. Employees use it as a work visa. Business owners use it as an investor visa. In other words, the L1A can be used in different ways, although the requirements for getting these visas remain the same. To see if you qualify for an L1A Visa, call our office to schedule a consultation with one of our immigration lawyers today.