Guest Worker Statistics

 

L1 Visas

Intercompany Company Transfer Visas allow workers from Foreign nations to transfer to the US without limits.


                                                                                2007            2008            2009            2010           2011

Intracompany transferees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531,073         558,485         493,992         702,447        788,187

Intracompany transferees (L1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363,536         382,776         333,386         502,723        562,776

Spouses and children of L1 (L2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,537         175,709         160,606         199,724        225,411


                                                      Table 25 on Page 63 from DHS link statistics



                                                                               2012            2013            2014            2015           2016

Intracompany transferees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717,893         723,641         835,707         917,613         954,394

Intracompany transferees (L1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498,899         503,206         591,728         648,611         677,583

Spouses and children of L1 (L2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218,994         220,435         243,979         269,002         276,811


                                                      Table 25 on Page 65 from DHS link statistics

DHS Link

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2016%20Yearbook%20of%20Immigration%20Statistics.pdf