How to send your employees to the US on L-1 visas.
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You primarily manage a team, department, or key function, not just projects. You direct the work of other professionals or have specialist knowledge within the firm. You are not a "player-coach" who spends most of their time on individual-contributor tasks
You have authority to hire, fire, and set pay for your team.
You make high-level decisions, not just day-to-day implementation. You set the product roadmap, define engineering culture, or create the go-to-market strategy, and are able to procure evidence for it.
Your US company and foreign entity which issues your payroll in the last 1 year are parent, subsidiary, or affiliates.
You were employed full-time by the foreign entity in a managerial or executive role for at least one continuous year within the last three years.
Launching or managing a US office require a technical L-1A/B petition, but we have numerous examples of success.
The key is to demonstrate future managerial or specialist capacity through a credible, detailed business and organisation plan. We focus on the metrics of your launch: your authority to hire US staff, your control over the US budget, and your strategic role in establishing the new entity, not just making the first sale or writing the first line of code.
Your evidence is the corporate structure: the secured US office space (we review leases and floorplans), and the comprehensive 1-year immigration specific business plan.
Launching or managing a US office require a technical L-1A/B petition, but we have numerous examples of success.
The key is to demonstrate future managerial or specialist capacity through a credible, detailed business and organisation plan. We focus on the metrics of your launch: your authority to hire US staff, your control over the US budget, and your strategic role in establishing the new entity, not just making the first sale or writing the first line of code.
Your evidence is the corporate structure: the secured US office space (we review leases and floorplans), and the comprehensive 1-year immigration specific business plan.
Proving You Are a "Manager" or “Specialist
Your primary challenge is proving your role is managerial / specialist. You will need a detailed business plan and organizational chart to prove that your primary function is to direct the US entity, set strategy, and establish why your knowledge is specialised and required in the US market.
Establishing the "Viability" of the New Office
We pre-vetted our attorneys with strong track records, so you don’t have waste months finding a good one.
Cross-border Founders, CTOs, to individuals partner with us to get the L-1 visas.
Work with 15+ years of combined extraordinary talent visa knowledge. Your succeess is gauranteed
We guarantee to complete the petition drafting and submission within 1 month of receiving all supporting documents required to file your long term visa or green card petition. Beyond Border is amongst the fastest legal service provider in the industry, thanks to our tech-enabled approach to petition filing and focus on technologists.
The fee will vary depending on the visa or green card type that best suits your need, but you should budget between US$8,000-10,000, excluding government fees and depending on your long term visa or green card category.
You can visit USCIS's free fee calculator to get an estimate for the associated government fees to process your visa.
Beyond Border is a modern immigration platform founded by immigrants from the technology industry for immigrants. We leverage technology to speed up the end-to-end U.S. immigration petition process, and work with a carefully curated network of attorneys who specialize in U.S. immigration cases for technologists.
Our attorneys maintain a 98% success rate throughout their careers with more than 4,000 approvals. We work exclusively with venture backed tech operators and researchers, which allow us maintain a high approval rate and provide profile building advice given sector expertise.
If your application is rejected, we will review the reasons for denial and help you reapply by addressing any issues or missing documentation.
