L-1 visa

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L1 Visa Extension Process
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L 1 Visa is comprehensive system that allows
the permit holders to enter the country and carry
out duties allocated to them by their foreign
employers without obtaining a work permit. The
arrangement also enables the applicants to be
accompanied by their families, including their
spouses and dependent children under 21 in age.
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USCIS
USCIS has made life easy for the people who do
not have any intentions of shifting to the US as
migrants but they must go and perform some
important jobs in the country for their employers
in following capacities

• On important positions in the organizational
  hierarchy, like at executive or managerial level,
  or
• At some strategically critical positions that
  need good technical skills and knowledge of
  companys products and services concept. These
  professionals either are travelling to the US to
  implement some new concepts in the international
  markets, impart training to the US locals, etc.

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duration of grant of L 1 Visa
The duration of grant of L 1 Visa can vary from
class to class, i.e. in case the recipient of
this permit is going to function in capacity of a
manager or an executive, the cumulative duration
of the permitted residence is 7 years (under
L1A) and if the recipient of the permit is a
specialist, the gross duration of permitted
residence is 5 years (under L1B). The initial
grant under this category can vary on the kind of
permit being applied for and the status of
company applying for the permit, i.e.

• The company already having an office in the
  country can apply and get an initial grant for
  the period of 3 years
• The organization establishing its first office in
  the US can get an initial grant of 1 year for its
  shifting employee.

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companies parameters
The companies fulfilling certain parameters can
also apply for blanket coverage of L 1Visa. The
organizations intending to obtain blanket
permission provided they are able to substantiate
that

• They are carrying out commercial business in the
  country for at least last 12 months, i.e.
  rendering services of supplying goods in local
  market,
• They have at least 3 local and overseas offices,
  and
• They along with their designated agencies,
  associates, divisions, or parent companies
  fulfill either of the listed parameters
• The companies have been granted a minimum of 10
  L-1 permits in last 1 year
• The combined turnover of the US organizations,
  their divisions, associates is at least 25
  million or
• Provide employment to a minimum of 1,000 local
  inhabitants.

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The companies applying for L 1 Visa must also
substantiate that the employees being shifted to
the US office would continue working in the same
capacity and rank and would be performing duties
similar to what they (recipients) had been doing
in the overseas office for at least 1 year in
last 36 months immediately preceding the date of
submission of petitions. It is also necessary for
the companies, filing for this non-immigrant
arrangement, to evidence that they would continue
to do business in the country to the extent of
the validity of granted permit.   The Extension
for L 1 Visa is granted after completion of
initial tenure is granted in multiple of 2 years
with maximum tenure counting up to 7 years for
L1A and 5 years for L1B. The companies desiring
renewal must prove validity of their requests.
The companies setting up new offices must
substantiate that their office has become fully
operational and is in a position to afford the
duties and functions of employees shifted to the
country. This renewal of this non-immigrant
entry permission arrangement is always
conditional, and companies must fulfill all the
requirements.
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Summary
The Extension for L 1 Visa is granted after
completion of initial tenure is granted in
multiple of 2 years with maximum tenure counting
up to 7 years for L1A and 5 years for
L1B.   Author Bio Abhinav is one of the highly
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