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Comment by scheme271

2 days ago

L1 employees require that the company employ the person for a year at an international branch so this is only available to multi-national companies.

Guess the cost of becoming a "multinational company" with a presence in a given country if they want to.

Yes, and the usual suspects already abuse it to move jobs abroad. If you had observed, it's often multinationals, usually Indian consultancies or companies with Indian Capability Centers, which abuse the H1B. They'll just be forced to switch to the L1.

The key difference here is that the L1 is a non-immigrant visa with a period of 7 years. The H1B isn't.

  • Why not filter it by ISIC&ISCO codes (if sector not in whitelisted ISIC code or job not in whitelisted ISCO code, automatic reject of company's immigrant worker request with return code "domestic talent exists")?