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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 29 Sep \ on: Turn America’s H-1B Shift into Canada’s Advantage Politics_And_Law

that L-1B visa got me curious, so I did a lil’ digging and found this:

The L-1B nonimmigrant classification enables a U.S. employer to transfer a professional employee with specialized knowledge relating to the organization’s interests from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States. This classification also enables a foreign company that does not yet have an affiliated U.S. office to send a specialized knowledge employee to the United States to help establish one. The employer must file Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker with fee, on behalf of the employee.

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge

that word ‘nonimmigrant’ got me kinda confused. Like, does it mean it’s limited by citizenship?

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism OP 29 Sep

They both (H1 and L1) are non-immigrant, so it's like a work permit only.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 29 Sep

Ah ok, like a temporary visa. Thanks!

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism OP 29 Sep

Both get 3 years, with the possibility to extend to a maximum of 5.