What is the L-1 visa?
L-1 Visas are popular with offshore outsourcing providers. The L-1 Visa is an intracompany transfer visa that allows companies to transfer employees from a foreign office to the United States. It is used on behalf of foreign nationals who have been employed overseas by a firm with an affiliate entity in the United States, and who come to the United States to perform services for the affiliate U.S. entity that involve specialized knowledge (L-1B) or in an executive or managerial capacity (L-1A). What Are the Key Changes to the L-1 Visa under the L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2004? The L-1 Reform Act addresses the issue of “outsourcing” by making three major changes to the L-1Visa law. First, under the L-1Visa Reform Act, L-1B temporary workers can no longer perform primarily at a worksite other than that of their petitioning employer if: (i) the L-1Visa holder will be “controlled and supervised by an unaffiliated employer”; or (ii) “the placement of the L-1 Visa holder at the third party site
