Can Green Card be filed by a future employer?

[abhi2001]

Hi,

I am on an L1-A. I work for a company which says it will not process my GC. Can another company (probably whom I work with in future) file my GC?

Thanks
Abhi

[DMX17]

Yes. GC is for future employment.

[abhi2001]

Thanks. I have a confusion here.

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Some executives and managers of foreign companies who are transferred to the U.S. may qualify. A multinational manager or executive is eligible for priority worker status if he or she has been employed outside the U.S. in the three years preceding the petition for at least one year by a firm or corporation and seeks to enter the U.S to continue service to that firm or organization. The employment must have been outside the United States in a managerial or executive capacity and with the same employer, an affiliate, or a subsidiary of the employer.

The petitioner must be a U.S. employer, doing business for at least one year, that is an affiliate, a subsidiary, or the same employer as the firm, corporation or other legal entity that employed the foreign national abroad. Definitions of terms relevant to this EB-1 category are found in 8 CFR § 204.5.
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On the red notes above -
1. Does this mean I have to be employed on L1-A for at least 3 years before the employer can file my GC? I was on H1 for 4 years and on L1 for the last 1 year.

2. The last para says that the same employer can file a GC for me. This means that a future employer cannot file a GC? The employer on who's name the L1-A is should be filing my GC. Am I missing something here?

Thanks for your reply.
Abhi