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I'm not at the moment. I spent 1 year there. I can go back; would being physically in the USA improve my chances with either of those visas? Edit. I thought I'

I'm not at the moment. I spent 1 year there. I can go back; would being physically in the USA improve my chances with either of those visas? Edit. I thought I'd clarify: I've held an L1B and I still do. I'm not in the US now but I can be.

bubblethink 3y ago
Not a lawyer. It may not improve chances directly except in two regards: 1) Having a US employer with US salary would make it a little easier to satisfy some criteria (e.g., high salary in eb1a), and 2) Changing the status from one category to a green card is easier to do in the US through an adjustment of status where you can continue to work in the US based on an existing status (e.g., H1B, O1, L1, etc.). If you do everything from outside the US, you need to go through the consular processing route, which can take a year or more.