By contrast, the L-1A-categoryis notanimmigrantvisa, and allows for a temporaryresidenceof up to 5or7years, assuming the maximum amount of visa renewals have been granted.
Under a proposed new visa category, a potential immigrant would submit a business plan to be evaluated by the Small Business Administration and upon judging the ability of the business to employ three or more U.S. workers (non-relatives) the individual would receive conditional permanent residence.
One must keep in mind that the category "Hispanic" can encompass anyone from a recent immigrant with little education to a highly educated, well-to-do person whose wealthy ancestors came this country generations ago.