Green Card through a job offer

[apremalal]

Hi All,

I'm working for a MNC in the capacity of a senior software engineer in Sri Lanka. Company head office is in US and they do sponsor H1B and L1 visa. USCIS says that we can go for a green card though a job offer [1] - and I' trying to go through this path since I got a strong relation ship with the employer. I have following doubts and really appreciate your help on this.

1.) How long does it take to process the Green card through this path for a Sri Lankan?
2.) Why this path is not much popular? I see in lot of cases green card filing is either via L1 or H1.
3.) What else are the requirements to have other than a job offer?
4.) What will be the rough estimated cost for the entire process?


[1] https://www.uscis.govhttps://www.imm...ough-job-offer

[scientist2016]

Going through L1 or H1 is the same as what you mentioned viz., via employment. It is a long process, and hence people first get a visa (L1 or H1) so that they can enter and work in the US while the GC process is ongoing.