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0 pointsphiliphodgen14y ago0 comments

Follow-up.

Think about the category "L" visa. Executive of foreign corporation transferred to work at the U.S. branch. Set up a Swedish corporation. Create a U.S. subsidiary corporation. Decide to assign yourself to the USA to work.

Devil. Details. Etc.

These visa applications can be completed in 6 weeks or so -- this is what my immigration lawyer friends tell me.

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thanasisp14y ago· 3 in thread

Thank you for the tips philip!

Of course i had an experienced lawyer that took my hand throughout all the process... And we also examined all available options...

L type visas are not as simple as you describe. The criteria that have to be met are not suitable for a startup company. The killing requirement is that you (the employee that will be assigned in the US subsidiary) has to work in the mother company for at least a year.

... And let's not get into what the requirements for the mother company are...

philiphodgenOP14y ago

Good all around. It sounds like you did everything correctly. Consulate officials are known to operate in a non-uniform fashion in processing visa applications. That is all I will say in public. :-)

Spoom14y ago

You may also want to check out VisaJourney.com, it's helped me immensely in my immigration to the US (and will continue to do so as I Remove Conditions). They focus mostly on family class and less on business class visas, but it is still an incredibly knowledgeable community surrounding US immigration. If I were you, I would post as much of my situation on the Work Visas forum as I was comfortable and see if they can help.

mdda14y ago

Yup - the L-type visas are a non-starter.

But if your lawyer was so experienced, shouldn't you have been forwarned that you had a marginal case?

Did the UCSIS outright deny the application (which is a problem for the future too) or just ask for further documentation (which could be death by a thousand cuts too)?

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