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by mataniko 3842 days ago
Unfortunately it's not viable. The H1B Visa program is extremely broken. Visas are capped yearly and run out in a few days. This happens around April.

There are a bunch of other reasons, like a preference for STEM graduates, abuse of the Visa program by big companies and more. They are all equally depressing to iterate through.

The easiest path to immigrate to the US legally is to find a good job in your home country in a company that has offices in the US, work there for at least a year and ask to relocate under the L1A/B Visa.

I went through several different Visas so feel free to ask me questions.

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Hey, I'm wondering if you get a L1 type Visa and then while in US you get another offer from another US company, what happens?
The L-1B Visa does not allow you to transfer to another company like a H-1B Visa, so the Visa process is the same as any other H-1B.

The L-1A Visa has a clear path for residency as a Multinational manager or executive (EB-1) while the L-1B does not.