[rednotebook]

Hey Peter!

I'm moving with my company (large Washington-headquartered tech firm) from London to California. They're applying for an L1B specialized knowledge visa as a blanket application. What sorts of reasons are people rejected for L1s? I'm very nervous I'll be turned down as I've heard horror stories about USCIS. Does it being blanket improve my chances? What % of people are turned down? I married an American a few years ago and was intending to move to the US to be together but it didn't end up working out - I don't think the paperwork ever got sent in the end. Would something like this impact my chances? I'm probably worrying unnecessarily. I'm 26, worked at the company for just over a year and have worked for a couple of other large tech firms in London before that.

Thanks

[nojvek]

I'm on L1. Worked in Canada for 2 years. The interview was so short. As long as the company is legit and you don't have any bad records on you it's fairly straight forward. You do have to write why your knowledge is specialized though and no one else can do it. For me I wrote about the internal systems that I had a deep understanding and some I wrote. Someone else would have to train for at least an year to do the same. The lawyer sprinkled the jargon but that was the gist.

[rednotebook]

Thanks. Yeah - I had to write about 2500 words for the lawyer to do with what they will