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If you're on an L1B visa, you were required to demonstrate specialized knowledge of working at Facebook. "Specialized knowledge means either special knowledge

If you're on an L1B visa, you were required to demonstrate specialized knowledge of working at Facebook. "Specialized knowledge means either special knowledge possessed by an individual of the petitioning organization’s product, service, research, equipment, techniques, management, or other interests and its application in international markets, or an advanced level of knowledge or expertise in the organization’s processes and procedures (See 8 CFR 214.2(l)(1)(ii)(D))." https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-workers/l-1b-intracompany-transferee-specialized-knowledge https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/temporary... Just FYI, the largest users of this visa are body shop consulting companies like Tata, Cognizant, IBM, HP, Deloitte, Infosys. You'll have to forgive me for not being impressed by the entire category of L1 approvals.

pavlov 6y ago
So what are you proposing? Should I have a legal path to stay or not? Trump and his followers want to shut down immigration while making noises about still letting in “Norwegians who deserve it”, etc. Yet there doesn’t seem to be an actual plan for that anywhere in sight. (I guess that’s a standard pattern in Trumpism — see Obamacare repeal, Section 230 repeal, and so on.)
- jtdev 6y ago
  Why can’t Facebook just list the position and hire you when it’s demonstrated that you’re the only qualified candidate in existence? We have an actual problem with body shops abusing these programs to the detriment of workers - why do people have such a hard time with the idea of America/Americans trying to protect American interests?
  - pavlov 6y ago
    > ”Why can’t Facebook just list the position and hire you when it’s demonstrated that you’re the only qualified candidate in existence?” Why waste people’s time applying for a job that’s not an actual vacancy? If I can’t get the green card, FB isn’t going to fire me and hire an American in my place, they’ll just relocate me to UK or Canada. > “why do people have such a hard time with the idea of America/Americans trying to protect American interests?” Because, respectfully, you appear to have put totally incompetent people in charge of doing that. This lawsuit seems to be political theatre that does nothing to protect American interests. To start actually fixing the problem, you might want to look at how Canada handles immigration and get some ideas.
  - heimatau 6y ago
    This thread was good until you asked a 'why' question. It's a pretty destructive form of communication. If We want to get to the root of our inquiry, please ask a non-why question. We aren't assuming guilt with anyone, we want a solution to a problem that it seems we both want solved for the majority of the parties involved.

pavlov 6y ago

So what are you proposing? Should I have a legal path to stay or not? Trump and his followers want to shut down immigration while making noises about still letting in “Norwegians who deserve it”, etc. Yet there doesn’t seem to be an actual plan for that anywhere in sight. (I guess that’s a standard pattern in Trumpism — see Obamacare repeal, Section 230 repeal, and so on.)

jtdev 6y ago
Why can’t Facebook just list the position and hire you when it’s demonstrated that you’re the only qualified candidate in existence? We have an actual problem with body shops abusing these programs to the detriment of workers - why do people have such a hard time with the idea of America/Americans trying to protect American interests?
- pavlov 6y ago
  > ”Why can’t Facebook just list the position and hire you when it’s demonstrated that you’re the only qualified candidate in existence?” Why waste people’s time applying for a job that’s not an actual vacancy? If I can’t get the green card, FB isn’t going to fire me and hire an American in my place, they’ll just relocate me to UK or Canada. > “why do people have such a hard time with the idea of America/Americans trying to protect American interests?” Because, respectfully, you appear to have put totally incompetent people in charge of doing that. This lawsuit seems to be political theatre that does nothing to protect American interests. To start actually fixing the problem, you might want to look at how Canada handles immigration and get some ideas.
- heimatau 6y ago
  This thread was good until you asked a 'why' question. It's a pretty destructive form of communication. If We want to get to the root of our inquiry, please ask a non-why question. We aren't assuming guilt with anyone, we want a solution to a problem that it seems we both want solved for the majority of the parties involved.