Multinational Manager and Executive Transfer

Executives and managers of foreign companies who are transferred to the United States may qualify for permanent residence as multinational executives and managers if their employers wish to sponsor them for permanent residence in the United States. This is a fast and relatively easy path to permanent residence in the United States for those who qualify. Visa backlogs rarely occur in this employment-based preference category. A multinational manager or executive is eligible for priority worker status if he has been employed outside the United States, in the three years preceding the filing of the petition, for at least one year by a foreign firm or corporation and seeks to enter the United States to continue to work for that firm or organization. The employment of the executive or manager must have been outside the United States in a managerial or executive capacity with the same employer, an affiliate of the employer, or a subsidiary of the employer. The petitioner must be a United States employer, which has been doing business in the United States for at least one year, that is an affiliate, a subsidiary, or the same employer as the firm, corporation, or other legal body that employed the foreign national abroad.