Not sure if there is a way to upgrade while u stay within the country... U would mostly have to become a manager, give up L1B, work outside the country for a year, come back to USA as a manager with L1A to qualify for EB1C( I believe it's for international executives ).. I believe u need international managerial experience... I may be wrong though..
Eb1 is for “international managers” so getting promoted to manager in US might not be enough. However if you can show you were a manager in your international subsidiary as well, it might be possible. However, in general L1b could go for eb1 for sure - I did 🙂
How did you do in your case?
Is l1b to eb1 a common scenario? your YOE?
Yes it is possible. Ask lawyers about functional managers. Those are program management roles where you don't have direct reports yet you seem to get the perks of eb1
It takes a shit load of paperwork
Good luck!!! i know its super tough now
Yes, I forgot tobadd that, thanks for adding it. It is super tough
I think you should be on L1A not L1B.
There is a way to upgrade. Hence the question
Nope. Also it's not an upgrade, but a different visa.