Green cards arrived!
Discussion
off_again said:
Hi all - got mine about a month ago! Two years in the USA on an L1A visa, converted to an H1 and then to Green card! Permanent residents now and a major weight off.... congrats to everyone else!
Wow, congratulations, but you did that the hard way then! Was the H1-b with the same or a different sponsor than the L1A?I ask, because my circumstances were that my L1A petitioner point-blank refused to sponsor me for a green card, so I had to bail on them, which was a pain, because L1A-green card does not require PERM/Labor Certification and being an unacademic thicko I had a third preference petition, which took forever and put my new employer through a lot of hassle.
All in the past now though. I became a USC earlier this year.
Matt Harper said:
Wow, congratulations, but you did that the hard way then! Was the H1-b with the same or a different sponsor than the L1A?
I ask, because my circumstances were that my L1A petitioner point-blank refused to sponsor me for a green card, so I had to bail on them, which was a pain, because L1A-green card does not require PERM/Labor Certification and being an unacademic thicko I had a third preference petition, which took forever and put my new employer through a lot of hassle.
All in the past now though. I became a USC earlier this year.
Yes and no. The L1 is a dual intent visa - come to work, but apply for immigration status if you like. It also speeds up the I-140 process too, so I was certified as "employable" about a year ago! So that is pretty much all of the significant steps done, but you do need to convert to an immigration based group though. My L1A is still valid, and will be for a couple of years, but it was just one of the steps to move to a H based one and then to a green card. Its just one of the steps involved. Of course, if you entered in on a H based visa in the first place, it wouldnt matter.I ask, because my circumstances were that my L1A petitioner point-blank refused to sponsor me for a green card, so I had to bail on them, which was a pain, because L1A-green card does not require PERM/Labor Certification and being an unacademic thicko I had a third preference petition, which took forever and put my new employer through a lot of hassle.
All in the past now though. I became a USC earlier this year.
off_again said:
Yes and no. The L1 is a dual intent visa - come to work, but apply for immigration status if you like. It also speeds up the I-140 process too, so I was certified as "employable" about a year ago! So that is pretty much all of the significant steps done, but you do need to convert to an immigration based group though. My L1A is still valid, and will be for a couple of years, but it was just one of the steps to move to a H based one and then to a green card. Its just one of the steps involved. Of course, if you entered in on a H based visa in the first place, it wouldnt matter.
Most people go direct from L1 to LPR. I did last year. No need to go anywhere near an H1. I had permanent residency status 14 months after arriving for the first time on the L1A.Congrats.
off_again said:
Yes and no. The L1 is a dual intent visa - come to work, but apply for immigration status if you like. It also speeds up the I-140 process too, so I was certified as "employable" about a year ago! So that is pretty much all of the significant steps done, but you do need to convert to an immigration based group though. My L1A is still valid, and will be for a couple of years, but it was just one of the steps to move to a H based one and then to a green card. Its just one of the steps involved. Of course, if you entered in on a H based visa in the first place, it wouldnt matter.
That makes zero sense to me. Transferring from an L1 to an H1B is not part of the process. A permanent residency petition is significantly simpler, faster and cheaper via and L1A than doing the same via H1B.Was all of this through the same employer?
off_again said:
Yes and no. The L1 is a dual intent visa - come to work, but apply for immigration status if you like. It also speeds up the I-140 process too, so I was certified as "employable" about a year ago! So that is pretty much all of the significant steps done, but you do need to convert to an immigration based group though. My L1A is still valid, and will be for a couple of years, but it was just one of the steps to move to a H based one and then to a green card. Its just one of the steps involved. Of course, if you entered in on a H based visa in the first place, it wouldnt matter.
That isn't right. I was on an L1A. My employer filed for PR in December 2013. As I was on L1A it was filed under EB1 MM category. I had my green card in hand by March 2014.
Going to H1 would make no sense at all and is not required.
but the citizenship test was a wheeze. Just to add my news, we got out GC's last week!
12 months start to finish, I was on L1B then migrated to L1A a few months prior to going for GC. Obviously being L1A status helped.
Looking forward to our new life in Southern California without the limitations of L1 status hanging over us!
12 months start to finish, I was on L1B then migrated to L1A a few months prior to going for GC. Obviously being L1A status helped.
Looking forward to our new life in Southern California without the limitations of L1 status hanging over us!
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