I am on L1A visa and filed my I-485 in October and read on a website that I can switch job after 6 months. Is it possible to do so?

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You can switch jobs after your I-485 petition has been pending for 6 months. But you can only move to a similar role

You can change job within the company or outside too as long as it’s similar role?

Pretty sure you can’t on L1A, that’s for H1B

I believe after getting I-485 you will need to file I-410 unless you are filing that concurrently to get GC, then I think you will be able to change job.

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