sajeev77 Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hi, I would really appreciate if someone can give me some insight into this situation. I am currently on my eighth year on H-1B. My company A has a sales personnel in India who owns his office B. Can the company B sponsor my L1 visa? Thank you SM Link to comment
Attorney_23 Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 A person can generally remain in L1 status for no more than 5 years (or 7 years if they are in L1A status.) Time spent in H1B status counts against the L1 time, and unlike the H1B, a foreign national in L1 status cannot extend beyond the 5/7 year time limit based upon a pending green card application. Link to comment
sajeev77 Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 A person can generally remain in L1 status for no more than 5 years (or 7 years if they are in L1A status.) Time spent in H1B status counts against the L1 time, and unlike the H1B, a foreign national in L1 status cannot extend beyond the 5/7 year time limit based upon a pending green card application. A person can generally remain in L1 status for no more than 5 years (or 7 years if they are in L1A status.) Time spent in H1B status counts against the L1 time, and unlike the H1B, a foreign national in L1 status cannot extend beyond the 5/7 year time limit based upon a pending green card application. I am sorry, Im still not clear about the L1 visa. Do I need to be employed in India for atleast one year to apply for L1Visa? Link to comment
Attorney_23 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I am sorry, Im still not clear about the L1 visa. Do I need to be employed in India for atleast one year to apply for L1Visa? Yes. Link to comment
2000k Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hello All, I need your help and advice, my wife is currently in India, working for a IT major, there are some chances of she getting a 6-9 month project on shore here in US, wanted to know which would be more preferred: option 1:on L1 here, then try for H1b later on, after few months or if nothing works change to H4 option 2:directly come here on H4 then look for more options change to H1b if all works Given the current scenario, which option would be better in terms of visa stamping to make it more a simple process given the paper work and current trends in visa stamping issues I would appreciate your reply on this and thanks again Link to comment
cooltoo8190 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 L1 visa have a very high rejection rate. Try opt 1 first, if the visa gets rejected you can always try op2. An L1 rejection will not impact H4 application Link to comment
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