[ajug-members] Wipro coming to Atlanta

[Stefan Baramov]

What you are saying is correct. However, L1 visas are not limited. You
can have as many L1 visas as you like. The L1 visa allows your spouse to
legally work in US,  H1 visa does not. The catch is, L1 visa is consider
a "company transferee". It means, L1 is used when an employee is
transfered from abroad office to a local office. So if Mr Gupta has been
employed for more than a year in Wipro India, he can come to US on L1B
visa and be subject to no cap. Hence, having an office in US, opens the
door for Wipro to import as many engineers as they want.

Scott Brown wrote:
> An L1B visa, as I understand it, is a technical visa for non-degreed technical professionals having specialized knowledge.  Typically, it has been used for lab technicians, QC technicians in manufacturing, etc.  It requires a US based company and an established legal entity in the country of origin - the relationship being subsidiary or sister companies.
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> An H1A is the managerial/executive equivalent. 
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