{"id":4170,"date":"2023-01-25T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T06:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:46:17","slug":"what-are-h1b-and-l1-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-are-h1b-and-l1-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"What are H1B and L1 Visas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About H1B Visa:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>multiple entry non-immigrant visa<\/strong> which <strong>allows foreign workers employed by US companies to work in the United States.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The workers under H1B visas <strong>should be engaged in specialised occupations <\/strong>such as science, medicine, engineering and mathematics.<\/li>\n<li>H1B applicants <strong>must have at least a US bachelor&#8217;s degree or equivalent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Generally this visa is <strong>granted for a period of three years<\/strong> and can be <strong>extended for an additional three years<\/strong> for special circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>H-1B visa <strong>requires the employer to apply on the person\u2019s behalf.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Holders of H1B visas can sell or buy property and invest in the stock market<\/strong> in the United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>About L1 Visa:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>L1 Visa is an <strong>Intra-Company Transferee Visa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>allows large multinationals (need not be a US company)<\/strong> &#8211; with operations across various countries &#8211; <strong>to shift employees in specialized positions on a temporary basis to the US.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are <strong>two types of L1\u00a0 visas &#8211; L1A and L1B.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Managers and executives come under the category of L1As<\/strong> while <strong>L1Bs encompass workers<\/strong> with specialized knowledge.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no education requirement for the L1 visa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>L-1A visa holders are a<strong>llowed a maximum stay of seven years<\/strong> in the U.S while s <strong>L-1B visa holders are allowed a maximum stay of\u00a0 five years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>What are the eligibility criteria for H1B Visa?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To be eligible for the visa, you must meet the following requirements:<\/li>\n<li>A bachelor\u2019s degree or master\u2019s degree (or a foreign equivalent)*<\/li>\n<li>Degree requirements for the job ( ex: M.D. for a surgeon)<\/li>\n<li>Work must be one that requires a professional in a specialty occupation<\/li>\n<li>Deep knowledge in the required field<\/li>\n<li>Employer must show the lack of qualified US applicants for the position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/business\/laidoff-indian-techies-on-work-visa-struggle-for-new-job-in-us-101674452590330.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>After mass layoffs, thousands of Indian techies struggle to find new jobs in US<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H1B is a multiple entry non-immigrant visa and L1 is an Intra-Company Transferee Visa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}