Immigration Stability Amidst Corporate Restructuring: U.S. Immigration Service Announces Clarifications for Multinational Managers and Executives
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) recently announced it has adopted an administrative law decision that clarifies issues relating to the transfer of multinational executives and managers from foreign offices to the United States. This new decision should streamline the immigration aspects of multinational corporate restructurings and mergers. U.S. immigration law provides a special mechanism for multinational companies to sponsor their overseas executives and managers for U.S. permanent residency (“green cards”), provided those employees worked for a foreign entity...
