My fiance has an H1b, I can get a H4 once we're married but can't work on this. I have heard that if you set up a company you can hire yourself and get an L1 or H1 independently - does anyone know about this???
Cheers.
Isn't that the one where the company has to hire on so many people and they can't all be family etc. plus you are supposed to show you have so much (was it $1 million?) to invest in it up front?
I could be wrong but thought those were the conditions for that approach.
Not sure about the H1 version. I think for my H1-B the company had to prove that there was nobody already out there with the skills to fill the job that's why they needed an import. Not sure if you can set up a company and then hire youself on those grounds??
An L1 is an inter-company transfer. For an L1 doesn't the parent company have to be established in the UK (or wherever)? And I think that the parent company has to have 1m turnover (not sure if that's dollars or pounds). Something like that. I guess if you could "fix" both ends you might have a chance. Bit dodgy though I'd have thought.
There are loads of experts that have posted about this stuff before. Hopefully one of them will reply.
On 2002-11-13 16:56, EWorthin wrote:
My fiance has an H1b, I can get a H4 once we're married but can't work on this. I have heard that if you set up a company you can hire yourself and get an L1 or H1 independently - does anyone know about this???
Cheers.
That is not possible. A person on an H1B visa cannot start a company registered within the US, nor can any one else who does not have the right to work/reside in the US.
You would need to start a company worth or invest $1,000,000, to do what you want to do, and that's probably unlikely.
Now this can be complicated, and this is just a short overview, your wife once you are married can apply for adjustment of status within the states, this is known as dule intent, meaning she is working under a H1b visa but wants to change her status to permnanant resident, once she is applying for this or after can't quite remember you can also apply on the back of her application as her, spouse, effectively adjusting your status due to her adjusting hers, you'll have to look at the ins site, but be aware that adjusting status within the country can take up to 18months, during which time you should both be able to work, but there is a possibility you wont be able to, either seek legal advice as this is a tricky situation or brave it yourself, by researching the http//www.ins.usdoj.gov site.
Hi folks just regd a few mins ago and would value any advice.
My american wife moved back to Warwick RI in july when she started the paper chase for a green card.While I am sure that I will get a card in good time I don't want to wait until 2004 to join her.
Have been advised that if I reg a Navada based corp I can side step the minimum $ requirements of the state RI and work as a an agent for this corp in RI paying Navada federal tax ect.
While from this end all of seems ok my real dilema is what the heck to do to keep the wolf from the door remembering I need my company to ivoice my employer for my time and services.
One futher option available is to open a US branch of a small telecoms co that I own here
but I here telecoms providers are like ticks on a dogs back on the east coast.
Ps will be 40 in jan and need work with the freedom to return (on a self employed basis)to england over and above the min stat times granted by US employers
All advice recieved with interest
was 2004 to much to hope for?
Cheers
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On 2002-11-13 1656, EWorthin wrote
My fiance has an H1b, I can get a H4 once we're married but can't work on this. I have heard that if you set up a company you can hire yourself and get an L1 or H1 independently - does anyone know about this???
Cheers.
Don't know a Hb1 from a Hb4 (pencils are they not?)but recieved my maybe misguided info from an agent of The Asset Protection Corporation in Vagas.
Good Luck
On 2002-12-02 09:41, wba wrote:
Hi folks just regd a few mins ago and would value any advice.
My american wife moved back to Warwick RI in july when she started the paper chase for a green card.While I am sure that I will get a card in good time I don't want to wait until 2004 to join her.
Have been advised that if I reg a Navada based corp I can side step the minimum $ requirements of the state RI and work as a an agent for this corp in RI paying Navada federal tax ect.
While from this end all of seems ok my real dilema is what the heck to do to keep the wolf from the door remembering I need my company to ivoice my employer for my time and services.
One futher option available is to open a US branch of a small telecoms co that I own here
but I here telecoms providers are like ticks on a dogs back on the east coast.
Ps will be 40 in jan and need work with the freedom to return (on a self employed basis)to england over and above the min stat times granted by US employers
All advice recieved with interest
was 2004 to much to hope for?
Cheers
Was your wife recently resident in the UK? If so, given that it takes two years for her UK residency to lapse and that your address is also presumably her UK address also, she should file the I-130 petition directly with the London consulate. This way, you should be able to get your immigrant visa within about 3 months.
Start a new thread if you want to discuss this further.
On 2002-11-14 22:21, neilh wrote:
An L1 is an inter-company transfer. For an L1 doesn't the parent company have to be established in the UK (or wherever)?
We're here on an L1 visa, and the parent company is here in NY state. They took over the company Mike worked for back in the UK.
Debs x :smile:
On 2002-12-02 12:45, debsowerby wrote:
We're here on an L1 visa, and the parent company is here in NY state. They took over the company Mike worked for back in the UK.
That sounds familiar (for NY read MI)!