This category covers employee transfers from a foreign parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate company to a U.S. entity.

A Canadian company can effectively secure a work authorization for an employee in this category if they have been employed in Canada for at least one year out of the past three years.

While the employee can be physically moved to the United States and put on the U.S. payroll there is also the option of remaining on the Canadian payroll and entering the United States for “intermittent” work assignments.

Regulations provide for three types of employees:

1) executives;
2) managers; and,
3) those with specialized knowledge.

Details of these categories can be found at www.uscis.gov, Working in the US, temporary (non-immigrant) workers.

A typical work authorization in this category is for an initial period of three years.