H-1B — Specialty Occupation
For engineers, IT professionals, accountants, and other degree-holders in specialty fields.
L-1A / L-1B — Intracompany
The classic vehicle for bringing your foreign team into your U.S. operation. The L-1A is for executives and managers; the L-1B is for employees with specialized knowledge of your company's products, services, or methodology. The transferring employee must have worked abroad for the qualifying organization for at least one continuous year within the three years preceding the move, and the U.S. and foreign entities must be related as parent, subsidiary, branch, or affiliate. We help you structure both the corporate relationship and the petition for a credible L-1 filing.
TN — USMCA Professionals
For Canadian and Mexican citizens in designated professional categories under the USMCA agreement.
E-1 — Treaty Traders
For nationals of treaty countries engaged in substantial trade between their country and the U.S.
O-1 — Extraordinary Ability
Reserved for individuals at the very top of their field. The O-1A covers the sciences, education, business, and athletics. The O-1B covers the arts (under a "distinction" standard) and the motion picture and television industry (under a higher "extraordinary achievement" standard). The evidentiary bar is high, but for clients whose résumé warrants it, the O-1 is one of the most flexible work visas available — initial three-year stays, renewable, and structured to accommodate multiple engagements through a U.S. agent.
P-1 — Athletes & Entertainers
For individual athletes or athletic teams performing at an internationally recognized level (P-1A), and for entertainment groups whose international recognition has been sustained over a substantial period (P-1B). Individual entertainers — solo singers, dancers, performers — are generally served by the O-1B instead. We routinely file P-1A on tight competition timelines and P-1B around tour schedules.
