L1, L2 Visa

I had gotten my visa approved few months back and Immihelp sure helped me do a lot of groundwork. I have been following the various posts for nearly a year now and have also met few folks in my organization and friends who unfortunately got rejected or the few lucky ones who got through. My two cents based on these conversations and reading:

You are under high chances of rejection under L1-B if:

1. Your overall experience is less than 6-7 years because lesser experience would not be considered to have got "specialized skill set".
2. Your experience in the organization is less than 3-4 years, as lesser experience then this one cannot be considered "specialized in company proprietary tools and methodologies.
3. You do not have an IT related Degree, i.e. you are not B.E./B.Tech (CS, or IT) or MCA.
4. You mention Java, J2EE, .Net, testing, Mainframe as specialized skill set. There are abundant people of these skill sets available already in US. You have to prove you are unique.

L1-B is being considered as highly specialized skill set category and is being scrutinized heavily. So if your organization is asking you to file L1-B and you feel you have less chance due to any of the above reason ask them to file L1-Individual or H1-B.

Most of the above can be circumvented if you file under L1-Individual or H1-B category rather than L1-B. The chances increase significantly if the above category folks go for L1-Individual or H1-B. The catch is that L1-Individual takes a much longer time and H1-B is more expensive for the companies.