L-1 intracompany transfer

Temporary permission: This route permits the approved visit, study or work activity. It does not itself grant permanent residence or citizenship. A separate eligible settlement route must be secured before planning a nationality application.

Establish the corporate relationship and qualifying employment, prepare the employer’s L petition and supporting role evidence, then complete consular visa processing or an eligible change of status.

A qualifying corporate relationship and normally one continuous year of eligible overseas employment within the preceding three years. The US role must satisfy L-1A or L-1B criteria.

Corporate ownership and doing-business evidence, overseas employment and role records, and the US position. New-office cases also need premises and a credible operating plan.

Temporary L-1A or L-1B work permission for the qualifying organisation, with eligible dependent family status.

L-1 is not a green card. Certain managers and executives may separately qualify for EB-1C, but an L-1 grant does not guarantee that immigrant classification or citizenship.