Depending on the foreign national’s background and qualifications, there are numerous ways a foreign national can come to the U.S.  A foreign national who is a “Professional” can come to the U.S. to work under H-1B visas.  Foreign nationals can also come to the U.S. to work temporarily under H-2 and H-3 visas.  An employee of an international company can be transferred to the U.S to work for the U.S. subsidiary, parents, or a company with common-ownership under L-1 visas.  L-1 visas are also available for companies who look to open a new subsidiary or a new company with common-ownership as a start-up operation (i.e. the U.S. Company can be a new company that the foreign national company is looking to open).  A foreign national who is a citizen of a “Treaty Country” can come to the U.S. to invest for a relative small amount of investment under the E-1/E-2 Visas.  An employee of a religious non-profit organization can come to the U.S. to work for that organization for three (3) years under the R-1 visa.  After the initial 3 years period the organization can petition to sponsor the R-1 employee to obtain permanent residency status.  If visas are current, based on the Visa Bulletin issued by the Department of State, then the foreign national can also come to the U.S. under employment based petitions. 

 

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