Since 1970, the L-1 intracompany transfer visa has been widely used by multinational companies to transfer qualified employees to the United States for a prescribed period of time, usually a maximum of five or seven years.1 The key requirements are that the employee must have been employed as a manager, executive or specialized knowledge employee of a related organization overseas for one year within the past three years preceding the proposed transfer, and that the sending and receiving entities have a qualifying relationship (generally as parent, affiliate, or subsidiary).
Two notable features of this visa program include the lack of a numerical limit on how many visas may be issued per fiscal year, and the lack of a minimum or prevailing wage requirement.
Standard L-1 Process
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