My employer is trying H1-B lottery since last 6 years but no luck. Since I have lived in US for 6 years already on L1-A, my attorney says that I am not allowed for H1-B lottery attempt anymore. Wondering what are the options for me. I have 1 year and 2 months left in my current visa.
6 lottery attempts and no luck? Feel very sorry for you. One of my teammates switched to O1 visa after 3 draws. Maybe this is worth considering
O1? is he a prodigy?
Also, time for Microsoft to think about their attorneys.
Personally, this was my fourth H1B draw. And I got lucky this year. And I already got approved.
How did you keep the status?
But on another note. I know that L1 visa have a cap of 5 years and you then become ineligible for it for full calendar year. But I donāt remember reading anywhere that you could not qualify for a H1B because of that. I would double check it. If you have 1.2 years left on your L1 visa, you should be able to go for H1 again.
Yeah, but not possible from now as the H1B only gets approved in October. And OP might miss by few days. L1 visas doesn't have much grace periods.
Didn't you file GC in EB1 category ?
Move back to your own country or to Canada.
Or Mexico. If you get citizenship of Canada, you might be able to work in US as well.
How? On what Visa? TN?