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Re:I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by gvsi on Friday August 25, 2017 @01:28PM (#15100420)
Hi, I received a full-time offer to work as a software engineer at a company in the Bay Area after my graduation in May 2018. They are willing to sponsor my H-1B, but I am also looking into other options in case I don't get it.

Now, I am an undergraduate student in the UK. I am also finalizing the contract with the same company for remote part-time work (20 hours/week) during my final academic year (around 9 months of work). I would be on the EU Payroll of the same company.

Could this remote part-time work count for a L-1 visa?

Thanks

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Re:I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:21PM (#15100887)
No, unfortunately. For employment to count toward the year of qualifying employment for L-1 purposes, it needs to be full-time and the individual needs to be employed as an employee not as an independent contractor.
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