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Hi everyone,
I'd like to get your opinion regarding L1 and E1 visas.
Which type of visa will be easier to obtain and extend?
A few details regarding the company:
- A foreign (from an E1 country) software company that was founded 10 years ago and employs 10-15 employees.
- More than 80% of the international trade is done with US entities.
- Exporting to the US is growing each year. In the previous year export it exceeded 1M dollars.
- Lately a US company (branch) was founded, and a new office will be opened shortly.
Every lawyer we consulted with suggested going with an E1 visa and not L1.
They all said the L1 visa are hard to get or to extend in the past years.
Is there any significant advantage in this case for an L1 visa (except for pernament residence)?
I'd like to get your opinion regarding L1 and E1 visas.
Which type of visa will be easier to obtain and extend?
A few details regarding the company:
- A foreign (from an E1 country) software company that was founded 10 years ago and employs 10-15 employees.
- More than 80% of the international trade is done with US entities.
- Exporting to the US is growing each year. In the previous year export it exceeded 1M dollars.
- Lately a US company (branch) was founded, and a new office will be opened shortly.
Every lawyer we consulted with suggested going with an E1 visa and not L1.
They all said the L1 visa are hard to get or to extend in the past years.
Is there any significant advantage in this case for an L1 visa (except for pernament residence)?
