Visa L1 issue - Please helpppppppppp

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tonytran822012Member22 February 2012 07:00:40

Hi all,

Please help to take a look my special case and help if you have experience in L1 visa.

- I were working for a company in my country which has headquarters in US. I got visa L1 to work with client in US. I finished assignment in US after 3 months and backed to my country for continue working. However, I resigned the company in my country 5 months later.

- At this time, my L1 visa was still NOT expired (1 year) so I use it to re-enter US again and NOW I am living in US. When going to airport, they accept 3 years by stamping on I-94. It means I can live in US in 3 years.

- Currently, my L1 visa expired, however, I-94 is still valid to 2015. So, I have some below concerns

+ Could I stay eligible in US to 2015 that was defined on I-94?
+ If I can stay in US to 2015, can I legally find a job? Do other company accept L1 visa when they hire me? Or, they have to sponsor other visa before hiring me (Ex: H1B, Green Card, etc ...). If they don't sponsor other visa for me, are there any ways i find a job?
+ Although my visa expired but I-94 is still valid to 2015, could I extend my Visa so I can back to my country and return to US again?
+ Could I apply Green Card? I heard that we can apply Green Card with L1 visa, is it correct?

Thank you very much for your helps.

HarmonieViP22 February 2012 09:16:56

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Hi tonytran822012 and welcome to Expat.com!

Do not hesitate to take a look at the different threads of the forum, it may help.

Harmonie.

tonytran822012Member22 February 2012 20:55:21

tonytran822012 wrote:
Hi all,

Please help to take a look my special case and help if you have experience in L1 visa.

- I were working for a company in my country which has headquarters in US. I got visa L1 to work with client in US. I finished assignment in US after 3 months and backed to my country for continue working. However, I resigned the company in my country 5 months later.

- At this time, my L1 visa was still NOT expired (1 year) so I use it to re-enter US again and NOW I am living in US. When going to airport, they accept 3 years by stamping on I-94. It means I can live in US in 3 years.

- Currently, my L1 visa expired, however, I-94 is still valid to 2015. So, I have some below concerns

+ Could I stay eligible in US to 2015 that was defined on I-94?
+ If I can stay in US to 2015, can I legally find a job? Do other company accept L1 visa when they hire me? Or, they have to sponsor other visa before hiring me (Ex: H1B, Green Card, etc ...). If they don't sponsor other visa for me, are there any ways i find a job?
+ Although my visa expired but I-94 is still valid to 2015, could I extend my Visa so I can back to my country and return to US again?
+ Could I apply Green Card? I heard that we can apply Green Card with L1 visa, is it correct?

Thank you very much for your helps.

Actually I gave the wrong information, I am still employee of my company. I want to take non-paid leave for 6 months and my company accepted. Could you please tell me the next steps I should do because I want to look an chance to live in US? I intend to continue to go to school, is it possible?

nimfa.tanActive member27 February 2012 13:15:59

Hi,

You'd rather ask the professionals and the experts to be certain of the correct answers to your queries. Try looking for immigration law firms in the city, there are a few who offer free consultations.

nimf

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