Senior Associate: Looking to leave McKinsey in the next 3-4 months. I am currently on a L1 visa. Which companies out there are willing to sponsor H1Bs ?

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@OP Isn't it McK's policy to sponsor you for a GC once you've been employed for 18 months?

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If you don't mind sharing, what is the reason they're not doing it?

Following - how does that process work? Supposedly L1 is linked to your current employer

Yes it is, I need to apply for H1B and I keep working till I get an answer.

My advice is to first understand how the H1B works. If you don’t have some very niche technical skills, I doubt you will find a company that will be willing to sponsor your H1B in April (that’s when the system for new applications opens) and wait for you to start working in October (that’s the earliest you will be able to start). Not sure how things will be this year, but until the previous one, and given the high number of applicants, you could apply only during the first week of April. That means you need an offer by early March for the lawyers to have time to prepare your application and the new company will need to wait for you until 1st of October. Again, my personal experience shows that it’s very difficult to transfer from L1 to H1B if it’s not under the same company. My advice is either to get H1B from your current company for now and then to transfer your h1b to another company or (even better) get green card from your current company and then you are free to do whatever you want.

I did H1B and then GC. My spouse was L1 and then moved to GC in order to change jobs. Some friends were on L1 and they weren’t able to get an employer to apply for H1B directly. If this April there are less applications than the cap and the system remains open for longer than the first week of April you might have chances. For example you can get hired around July, then the company can apply for your h1b and you start working 1st of October

OP are you me???? Following!

Basically the sad reality of this situation is, you need a super flexible other company to file an H1 in April for you and wait till October for your start date. That usually is a massive buzz kill and it’s very situation dependent. However, given remote work and if you’re open to relocating back “home” for a bit, that’s something you could also possibly discuss. Aka you get hired in the US and start whenever but you leave the US temporarily. All of this is tricky.

Also as D1 said, much easier to have your current company flip your status than others.

Finally, if any of you were born in India and on L1a, I’d strongly reconsider giving it up and finding a solution with your employer. It’s basically impossible to get a green card on H1 for Indians.

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