L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
Aug 5th 2016, 2:15 am
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Re: L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
Also, if you get a cap exempt H1B then you can get concurrent employment at any H1B
Aug 8th 2016, 11:29 pm
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Re: L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
So it appears that the potential employer is not cap exempt (They didn't know themselves until consulting two lawyers)
However, they want to discuss the possibility of a consulting role until the H1B rolls around again
. This will mean relocating back to the UK, as originally planned. I know I can keep a US bank account open and pay tax blah blah, so I'm assuming that I can still be paid in dollars?
I already have a UK HSBC, so I would simply open a US HSBC to use favorable transfer rates.
However, they want to discuss the possibility of a consulting role until the H1B rolls around again
. This will mean relocating back to the UK, as originally planned. I know I can keep a US bank account open and pay tax blah blah, so I'm assuming that I can still be paid in dollars?I already have a UK HSBC, so I would simply open a US HSBC to use favorable transfer rates.
Aug 9th 2016, 5:49 pm
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Re: L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
Rates may be better, but I'm pretty sure when they were trying to sell it to me originally they said they said there would be no fees (as long as it was under x amount)
Aug 10th 2016, 1:29 am
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Re: L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
So it appears that the potential employer is not cap exempt (They didn't know themselves until consulting two lawyers)
However, they want to discuss the possibility of a consulting role until the H1B rolls around again. This will mean relocating back to the UK, as originally planned. I know I can keep a US bank account open and pay tax blah blah, so I'm assuming that I can still be paid in dollars?
However, they want to discuss the possibility of a consulting role until the H1B rolls around again
. This will mean relocating back to the UK, as originally planned. I know I can keep a US bank account open and pay tax blah blah, so I'm assuming that I can still be paid in dollars?Anyway, going back to post #60, they didn't even get as far as doing H-1B so like I said, E-2 is an option.
You've got two companies there you could consult for, so meeting the "it's not a subsistence job" requirement would be relatively easy and the "substantial" investment thing isn't usually a major problem. Especially when you start looking at house prices in the UK.
Aug 17th 2016, 8:09 pm
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Re: L1A - Just been told the sponsoring office is closing
I'm a glass half full guy, so I hadn't considered it, however when he went through what 'might' be required and asked if I could get it, I found the answers were mostly yes or probably.
So now I wait to see if the potential employer will sponsor....
