Hi everyone - I hope this isn't a repeat of a question so apologies!

My Partner and I are in the process of relocating to the USA from the UK. My company (a large US multinational firm - 50k Employees) have offered me a role in the US. They are looking to transfer me using a L1A Visa, and my husband will be on an L2 Visa. We have been given an immigration lawyer, a tax advisor and someone on site in the US to help us with housing, setting up bank accounts etc etc etc. We've provided all the documentation, our immigration lawyer is reviewing all, and creating the L-1 Petition Materials. I predict we would be submitting it early Jan 25.

Facts:
I will have a team of 8 people
We are both British Citizens, born in the UK and have lived in the UK all our lives, no criminal record
I have an academic degree
Employed with my current firm for 5+ years (always in the UK)
We are a gay couple (2M) - and now married (We got married to enable the L2 Visa - so very recently married, but we've been cohabitating as Fiancées for 5+ Years).
No dependents - my husband is aiming to get his company to switch his contract from a UK remote, to US remote

Questions:
With the current uproar within the H1/L1 Visas - do you see us hitting a risk of a rejection? or strong delays?
How long does it take to process the petition?
Once the interview is complete, how long does it usually take to get the visa *assuming the interview goes fine?

Thanks in advance!

https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ait-times.html

According to above approx 14 days for interview.....

All sounds very straightforward. Processing time will depend on if your company are going to use premium processing or not - it could all be as quick as a month if so. Our O visas last year (same process essentially) were 3 weeks start to finish with PP. You may not even need an interview if you meet the criteria for it to be waived (as we did).

If they won’t be using PP then maybe 4-6 months as a rough guide.

Good luck!

L1A isn't on the hit list of visas - the primary things that may have issues seem to be:

• A renewed 'Muslim ban'
• DACA
• TPS
• H1B overuse by Indian consultancy firms
• H4 EAD for primarily Indian folks on H1B forever
• L1B 'specialist knowledge' and O1 'world-class ability' definitions

If you're a employee of a real company coming with real knowledge of the multinational employer - I can't see any issues.

One thing to point out is that EB-2/3 greencard backlogs are now very bad for all countries, which could impact you if you decide to stay long term. As L1A I'd push any greencard conversation with your employer/their lawyers to EB-1.

From my days in practice I know that time frames are a universal query. I know that my (and most) retainer agreement had a boilerplate notice that time estimates were just that, estimates.

But do talk to the lawyers. You may not want to trust the info in this thread.

With the incoming administration, I think all bets are off the table The information I see is all over the place and often contradictory. Mr Trump is quite good at introducing confusion with a confident tone
Good luck.