Pulaski

For USCIS maybe, but not necessarily for the IRS. At very least being paid outside the US can make things very complicated.

tht

From experience, it is less the extra forms that are the issue, if you live in a state that has state and or city tax, like NY, NYC it can get very expensive, because while you can offset certain foreign taxes against your federal tax's you can't do the same for state and city (only other state and some Canadian ones can be used to offset) which means you end up paying more tax's on top and then have a foreign tax credit carried over which is hard to use, and will eventually stop rolling forward to future years.

iandallimore

Could anybody please briefly summarize the procedure of going from L visa to a green card? Also a potential timeframe? I saw this in some cases this can be achieved in the space of a year. Cheers

ian-mstm

For an L-1B, the company first submits a Labor Certification Application (LCA). Once that's approved, you can then submit an I-485 to adjust status and get a green card. This can take a very long time... many years!

For an L-1A, there is no LCA, so the process is quicker! This is the faster track... usually a year or so. Either way, it's not difficult... just time consuming.

This is a very simplified outline... there's certainly more to it - but it should be enough for a rough idea.

Unfortunately, you don't get the choice of visa - that's up to the company.

Ian

iandallimore

yeah I believe it'd be an L-1b due to not being management. Even if I get the promotion to Salary I have set in mind, that still may not cut it as it's only an engineers role. Years doesn't bother me, as long as it wouldn't surpass the 5 years my L-1B would be valid for.

yellowroom

You might want to check that - I looked into it when I was on L-1B and it was quite tight timing even a couple of years ago. Don't know if it's got better or worse since then.

Sheepdip

From L1A to GC was 5 months.

Fred16

It could surpass 5 years, we had to leave at end of our L1b as PERM had not been certified.

DottM

Remember... You don't need to be a manager of staff to get an L1A you can also manage a process of the business. Worth keeping in mind as the Labour Certification isn't easy.