L1-A to Green Card
Jan 8th 2010, 6:36 pm
#18
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
When the bearer arrives to the US, they are admitted as a Permanent Resident.
Jan 8th 2010, 9:47 pm
#19
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
Hi meauxna
Ok I read the link but that wouldn't apply for new office L1's that was the point I tried to make but got writers block! Lol
Ok I read the link but that wouldn't apply for new office L1's that was the point I tried to make but got writers block! Lol
Jan 9th 2010, 1:53 am
#20
L2, GC, Surrey, OH, TX!
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
our L1A to GC took about 6 months in 2009.
Jan 9th 2010, 4:05 am
#21
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
Does anyone have any experience/knowledge of the timeframe it took them to go from L1B to GC - either via L1A or directly...
Cheers,
Doug.
Cheers,
Doug.
Jan 9th 2010, 4:35 pm
#22
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
It's probably better to have that in an L-1B thread, Dougster, or start your own. A little searching will probably reveal an answer too.
Jun 22nd 2010, 11:01 pm
#23
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
I am looking into converting my L1-A visa to a green Card and wondered if anyone has the steps i need to follow and also what documents need to be completed please to achieve this goal? Any help will be most appreciated.
Jun 23rd 2010, 12:43 am
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
thanks. Fortunately I have that one agreed, but now need to know what forms to complete and which steps to follow to get this sorted. Any suggestions of where to start please?
Jun 23rd 2010, 2:52 am
#26
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
This is not as easy as people think. Make your life easy and get a top lawyer on board. The cost is minimal in the big picture....
Jun 24th 2010, 10:31 pm
#27
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Re: L1-A to Green Card
Carefully.
Carefully.
The way people get snagged on this is LESS at green card time -- the green card has already been issued when you change employers, right? -- than at naturalization time. It goes like this:
"So, ABC, Inc. sponsored you as a multinational executive?"
"Yes."
"You got your green card in June 2010?"
"Yes"
"And when did you join XYZ Ltd?"
"Oh, in August 2010."
"So: when you did the adjustment of status for the green card, based on ABC, Inc., I think you never had the intention to work for them. You just used them to get your green card. I think you've committed fraud."
Go ahead: explain yourself.
