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Some Important Thing to Employment Based visa for Work in USA

Author: Alexis Watson
by Alexis Watson
Posted: Sep 20, 2016

America and the big American dream have always attracted talented work force from across the globe to work for American Institutions. Looking at the data, US companies started by Immigrant population today generate close to USD 4.2 trillion in revenue for the country and with businesses run by immigrants contribute close to 15% of US National Income.

US Companies not finding suitable candidates in their homeland have always gone ahead to hire employees and professionals from outside geographies. Over the years the technology industry has been a front runner in this case. You as HR manager of an US based corporation with the objective of optimizing your talent pool can also try looking into professionals from outside the country with the right qualification fit but the challenges that you may land into while immigrating them to US to work for you can be many folds. Complying with regulations from U.S. Department of Labor and Home Land security and finding the right type of Employment Based Visa For USA most apt for your specific requirement might require complex strategizing.

As per U.S. government laws there are many options which you can look into, in terms of Visa for your employees coming from outside United States. The most important of them are:

a) H1B Employment Visa: This is the most used Employment Category. An U.S Enterprise can use this for both new hires or doing an intra groups transfer. The H-1b Cap of 65,000 per year, makes this painful to use, as the demand outstrips the availability by four fold. The H-1b is used for Specialty Occupations that require a bachelor’s degree in a specific field. The maximum stay allowed under this visa is 6 six years.

b) L1 Employment Visa: This type of visa is more effective in case you are looking to transfer workforce to your U.S office, who are already employed with your parent, subsidiary or affiliate company outside U.S., at least for a period of one year in the preceding three years.L1 Employment Visa’s are primarily of two types- The L1A meant for transferring managers and executives and L1B meant for Employees with specialized knowledge. The maximum stay allowed under L1 category visas varies between 5 to 7 years

For Canadian professionals and managers you can always look for TN1 visa.

So next time when you are looking to hire professional Immigration Lawyer New York from outside the country, do look into the nuances behind different categories of employment visa options available to you and plan things as per your requirement.

About the Author

I am Immigration Lawyer in New York, US.provides services in various field of Immigration laws, Civil laws, Criminal laws, Family law, Consumer cases, Property related matters, Matrimonial related matters &drafting and vetting of various agreements

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