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Re:Success in Canada means moving to America by kaashif on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:00PM (#31379924)
A path I have seen many people take, and one I'm going to take soon, is to work at a US tech company (not necessarily FAANG, lots of largish companies do this) and transfer internally from Europe to the US. There is no lottery for L1B visas, so it's usually hassle free compared to that H1B mess.

L1B visas can also convert to green cards at some point, but I have no idea how easy that is (probably not easy at all).

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Re:Success in Canada means moving to America by sgjohnson on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:06PM (#31379985)
> L1B visas can also convert to green cards at some point, but I have no idea how easy that is (probably not easy at all).

False. L1B is not related to Green Card in any way. You can get the employer to petiton you for a green card while working on L1B.

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Re:Success in Canada means moving to America by umanwizard on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:19PM (#31380153)
L1 is related to green card in the sense that with some statuses, you can never get a green card, but with L1 you can.
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Re:Success in Canada means moving to America by sgjohnson on Saturday May 14, 2022 @02:53PM (#31381117)
That’s called dual intent.
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Re:Success in Canada means moving to America by Underphil on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:18PM (#31380136)
I internally transferred (with my family) from the UK to California in late 2016 and secured a green card in early 2020.
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