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Im a president of a new subsidiary office under an L1-A visa and will be applying for an extension in two months. We have covered all the obvious requirements, employed sufficient staff, secured physical premises, the foreign company is doing better than ever and have sufficient funding to secure and expand our business. Our biggest challenge in getting our extension approved is that due to the nature of our operation (manufacturing of food in California) we have experienced delays in importing our equipment, setting up our plant and dealing with federal and state regulations. Therefor our business operations are only begging very close to the end of the first year and not in accordance to our first business plan.
My questions is what are my options to prevent our company from loosing this investment here in the US, if theres a denial of my extension as president?. If there is not sufficient business activity but the entire infrastructure of the company is up and there is sufficient funding to support our operations for next year. Will the L1-A be denied and the better option be a change of status to a E-2?. What is the determining factor for adjudication here, if the business is still in development?
Hope someone out there can help me,
Kind regards,
Juan
My questions is what are my options to prevent our company from loosing this investment here in the US, if theres a denial of my extension as president?. If there is not sufficient business activity but the entire infrastructure of the company is up and there is sufficient funding to support our operations for next year. Will the L1-A be denied and the better option be a change of status to a E-2?. What is the determining factor for adjudication here, if the business is still in development?
Hope someone out there can help me,
Kind regards,
Juan
