Periods of Employment

Such executive, manager or employee with special skills must have been employed continuously for one year within the 3 years preceding his/her application to transfer to the U.S.-based corporation.

The person transferred ("the intra company transferee") to the U.S. may be accompanied by his spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 years.

NEW OFFICE IN THE U.S.A.

When a transferee is transferred to the United States to open or be employed in a new office, the petition will be approved for a period not to exceed one year.  At the end of that year, it will be necessary to prove that the U.S. operation is actually doing business in the United States and the transferee is performing as stated, in order to extend the duration of the transferee's stay.

It is necessary to show that the U.S. business entity has sufficient resources within the U.S. to remunerate the intra company transferee.  The U.S. business must have premises secured through purchase or lease to house its business activities.