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L1-B individual - you make me scared
Dear all,
Thank you all for sharing your stories. I feel like they have really made me understand the process better and they have prepared me for the interview. That being said, reading your stories also make me scared.
I have started talks with my employer about being transferred from our EU headquarters (I'm an EU citizen) to the US. My company will be launching its flagship product in the US lately and the US office expanding so there definitely is a possibility here. At the same time, I have various weaknesses as an applicant.
First, I cannot boast a fancy title, long career, or a high salary. My bosses (two ladders up) and the US boss totally see the benefit of knowledge transfer for the company and they see that the experience I have would be useful to the US office. On the one hand, my experience is specialized for the US team but not in the EU and on the other hand, US colleagues aren't complete strangers to the product. The product is very proprietary in FinTech and as such there won't be anyone to hire off the street.
Second, my wife is a natural-born American citizen. While in some ways that might be a good thing I can undertand if it raises some flags at the USCIS. And for a reason - I wouldn't apply for this transfer if we didn't want to move to the US permanently. Nor would my company have thought of sending someone over if I hadn't suggested it myself. You might also ask, why not go for a CR Visa. We will start that as well - just as a precaution - but the process is much more expensive and it can take a lot longer. Plus with L1B I could seamlessly keep working for my company.
My question to you would be:
a) based on your own experience, what kind of title/salary are - in practice - required for passing an L1-B application?
b) how do you think my wife's nationality and our long term plans play into the equation and what can I do bring the fact up in a positive light and what shouldn't I do to ruin my chances?
Thank you for letting me get this off my chest and thank you in advance for all of your answers.
Thank you all for sharing your stories. I feel like they have really made me understand the process better and they have prepared me for the interview. That being said, reading your stories also make me scared.
I have started talks with my employer about being transferred from our EU headquarters (I'm an EU citizen) to the US. My company will be launching its flagship product in the US lately and the US office expanding so there definitely is a possibility here. At the same time, I have various weaknesses as an applicant.
First, I cannot boast a fancy title, long career, or a high salary. My bosses (two ladders up) and the US boss totally see the benefit of knowledge transfer for the company and they see that the experience I have would be useful to the US office. On the one hand, my experience is specialized for the US team but not in the EU and on the other hand, US colleagues aren't complete strangers to the product. The product is very proprietary in FinTech and as such there won't be anyone to hire off the street.
Second, my wife is a natural-born American citizen. While in some ways that might be a good thing I can undertand if it raises some flags at the USCIS. And for a reason - I wouldn't apply for this transfer if we didn't want to move to the US permanently. Nor would my company have thought of sending someone over if I hadn't suggested it myself. You might also ask, why not go for a CR Visa. We will start that as well - just as a precaution - but the process is much more expensive and it can take a lot longer. Plus with L1B I could seamlessly keep working for my company.
My question to you would be:
a) based on your own experience, what kind of title/salary are - in practice - required for passing an L1-B application?
b) how do you think my wife's nationality and our long term plans play into the equation and what can I do bring the fact up in a positive light and what shouldn't I do to ruin my chances?
Thank you for letting me get this off my chest and thank you in advance for all of your answers.
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