How easy is it to move to US on a L1 visa? I recently joined Amazon and would like to take an internal transfer to US soon. Couple of questions: 1. Have there been a lot of rejections for L1 visa recently for SDE-2 level from India to US? 2. How many people typically apply for a transfer and what's the success rate? I mean, do all/majority of people (SDE-2) and above in India want to move to US creating a lot of competition both for opportunities and visa hassles? What would be the rough number (~1000 people approximately every year)? 3. How open are teams to taking engineers from India to teams in US? I mean, is it easy to transfer to a team based out of US? Level: SDE-2 TC: 26 LPA YoE: 3 YoE Serious advice please, request the trolls to stay away. Thanks!
For L1 transfer you need to complete 1 year at home location i.e., at India office.
1. Rejections also depend on the city you apply from. Do you work in Hyderabad or Bengaluru? 2. No idea but there is no point thinking about this. 3. There is a lot of demand for SDE’s in US. Either you can transfer within the same org to a US based role or just do an internal transfer to another team. In latter case, you will have to go through an internal round of interviews.
I am joining in Amazon Gurgaon, one of the transportation team.
Can you breakdown your TC?
OP, I don't want to sound judgemental; but it's people like you who start planning their move abroad before even completing 6 months at the team & location they were hired for that is causing companies & governments to increasingly crack down on cross border transfers.
In my last org in transportation, I can see many Indians transfered from india. They are L 5, L 6 though.
Is SDE 2 a strict requirement for transfer?
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No idea. I don’t know anyone who moved from India to US. Why do you want to move to US since you just joined Amazon? Btw, 26 LPA is pretty good. Do you get Amazon stocks? How is the signing bonus like?
26L TC is on the lower end of SDE2 pay range