

It is possible to transfer from an L1B to an L1A visa, although any application must be approved six months prior to the expiry of your existing visa. Where you are an employee transferring to a US affiliated office, your L1 visa will be granted for a period of three years. If you have been granted an L1 visa to open a new office in the United States, your visa will initially last for just one year. The L1B visa, for those with specialized knowledge about the products, procedures or management within their organisation, can only be extended for a period of up to five years.

The L1A visa, for employees transferring to the US in a managerial or executive capacity, can be renewed for a maximum period of up to seven years.

This will depend upon the subcategory of visa that you currently hold. Once granted, the L1 visa can be renewed in increments of two years at a time until you have reached the maximum permissible period. The Intra-Company Transfer, or L-1, visa is a nonimmigrant work visa for a qualifying employee of a multinational company to be temporarily transferred to a parent, branch, affiliate or subsidiary of the same company in the United States. Can you apply for Green Card while on an L1 visa? If you currently hold a temporary L-1 work visa but are looking to settle in the United States on a permanent basis, you may be able to apply to transition from the L-1 visa to a Green Card based on your employment.
