After acquiring a U.S. company, a Korean company decided to transfer an executive to the United States to oversee sales and marketing operations.
An L-1A petition was filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the executive’s transfer and was approved.
The executive is scheduled to attend a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul the following month.
Considering that the executive hoped to obtain a U.S. green card in the future, LawAmerica recommended the L-1 intracompany transferee visa instead of the E-2 employee visa.
Typically, an expatriate employee can consider the EB-1C multinational executive/manager green card after receiving either an E-2 employee visa or an L-1 intracompany transferee visa. The E-2 employee visa has the advantage of simpler documents and an easier application, but the materials are often insufficient for an EB-1C green card filing, so in many cases the applicant must belatedly prepare new documentation from their time at the Korean company while already working at the U.S. company. Therefore, if an expatriate is considering a future green card application, it can be advantageous to obtain the L-1 intracompany transferee visa from the start, since its documentation closely resembles that of the EB-1C.
After acquiring a U.S. company, a Korean company decided to transfer an executive to the United States to oversee sales and marketing operations.
An L-1A petition was filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the executive’s transfer and was approved.
The executive is scheduled to attend a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul the following month.
Considering that the executive hoped to obtain a U.S. green card in the future, LawAmerica recommended the L-1 intracompany transferee visa instead of the E-2 employee visa.
Typically, an expatriate employee can consider the EB-1C multinational executive/manager green card after receiving either an E-2 employee visa or an L-1 intracompany transferee visa. The E-2 employee visa has the advantage of simpler documents and an easier application, but the materials are often insufficient for an EB-1C green card filing, so in many cases the applicant must belatedly prepare new documentation from their time at the Korean company while already working at the U.S. company. Therefore, if an expatriate is considering a future green card application, it can be advantageous to obtain the L-1 intracompany transferee visa from the start, since its documentation closely resembles that of the EB-1C.
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