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		htfy96 on Jan 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: H-1B: Oracle favored hiring foreign graduates of U... The real problem is the path from L1/OPT -> H1B -> green card is purely based on how many years you have worked in the US and performed as some kind of lottery. The transition may take at least 8 years, almost identical for highly-educated Top-N employees & questionably-legal "labors" from IT Consulting Companies (there are lots of fake identities/backgrounds in these companies' H1-B applications).

pertymcpert on Jan 26, 2019 [–]

Why would an L1 want to go to H1-B instead of going straight to green card?

untog on Jan 26, 2019 | | [–]

IIRC it's a lot more difficult (impossible?) to transfer an L1 between employers, whereas an H1B can be transferred.

airstrike on Jan 26, 2019 | | [–]

They wouldn't

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