The L-1 visa allows multinational companies to transfer employees who have worked abroad for at least one year in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity. L-1A managers and executives are eligible for a streamlined path to the EB-1C green card, making L-1A one of the most strategically important nonimmigrant visas for senior professionals. L-1B specialized knowledge employees can remain in L-1 status for up to five years. Silmi Law assists companies and individuals with new office L-1 petitions, established company L-1 filings, and extensions.
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We assess the corporate structure between the foreign and U.S. entities to confirm the qualifying relationship required for L-1 eligibility.
We build a precise evidentiary record establishing that the employee’s role abroad and in the U.S. meets USCIS’s managerial or specialized knowledge definitions.
We build a precise evidentiary record establishing that the employee’s role abroad and in the U.S. meets USCIS’s managerial or specialized knowledge definitions.
For L-1A holders, we build toward the EB-1C green card from the outset — ensuring the petition record supports the eventual immigrant visa filing.
We understand complex corporate structures and qualify intercompany relationships across parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, and new office situations.
We build L-1A petitions with the EB-1C green card in mind — framing managerial capacity in a way that directly supports the immigrant petition.
Sharif Silmi personally oversees every L-1 petition and extension.
We guide companies through the new office L-1 process — including business plan requirements, lease documentation, and the first-year extension.
We have extensive experience responding to USCIS RFEs challenging managerial capacity and specialized knowledge classifications.
We serve L-1 petitioners and companies throughout New York, New Jersey, California, and nationwide.
