L-1 Visa Attorney in Chicago — Intracompany Transferee

The L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visa allows multinational companies to transfer qualifying employees from a foreign office to a U.S. office. At Liberum Law, our L-1 visa attorneys in Chicago represent both companies and individual transferees in L-1A and L-1B visa applications.

The L-1A visa is for managers and executives being transferred to a U.S. office. Eligible employees must have worked for the company abroad for at least one continuous year within the preceding three years and be coming to the U.S. in a managerial or executive capacity. L-1A holders may stay for up to seven years and have a streamlined path to an EB-1C green card.

The L-1B visa is for employees with specialized knowledge — knowledge of the company’s products, services, research, equipment, techniques, or management that is not readily available in the U.S. labor market. L-1B holders may stay for up to five years.

For companies establishing a new U.S. office, the L-1 New Office visa allows the transfer of a manager or executive to launch operations. Initial approval is for one year, with extensions available upon demonstrating that the new office is operational and the employee continues to serve in a qualifying role.

Our L-1 visa services include assessing eligibility for L-1A versus L-1B classification, preparing detailed petitions documenting the qualifying relationship between U.S. and foreign entities, demonstrating the employee’s managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge role, blanket L petition preparation for qualifying multinational organizations, and L-1 extensions, amendments, and change of employer petitions.

Contact our L-1 visa attorneys at Liberum Law for a free consultation on your intracompany transfer needs.