Multinational companies use the L-1 visa to move essential employees from offices overseas to the United States
The L-1 visa is a nonimmigrant temporary visa, allowing businesses to bring employees temporarily to the US if they were employed by the company for at least one year overseas. The government program permits petitions by US employers only for executives and managers who may be admitted for up to seven years or specialized knowledge employees who can reside in the country for five years. The L-1 visa allows spouses and minor children to travel to the US, and the spouse is permitted to work.
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In 2019, over 76,900 US visas were issued under the L-1 visa classification. About 14,000 spouses also received authorization to work while in the United States. Through the first half of the fiscal year of 2020, there were already 35,228 L-1 visas issued. In the fiscal year 2019, multinational countries transferred workers from close to 160 countries. The most common country of citizenship for L-1 visa recipients is India, with 18,354 visas obtained in 2019. Rounding out the top five countries are the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and China.
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