L1 A Denied, When Can I Reapply

[vikramgodani]

I work for a major MNC in India for about 10+ years. I was in US between 2007 and 2013 on L1 B visa and came back to India in April 2013 to spend 1 year so that I can apply for L1A and get a full quota of 7 years.

In Oct 2014 I applied for B visa and travelled in Nov 2013 and April 2014 for about 1 month on both the occasions.

I went for L1A stamping in mid-July (after making sure I was out for 365 days) and was denied.

I was very confident of getting the L1A visa and am unsure why I was denied.

My company may file L1A after 6 months in Jan 2015 and if it gets rejected then I will try for H1.

My question is what are the chances that my L1A will go through or will it be denied again since I was rejected already.

[raghvi]

I work for a major MNC in India for about 10+ years. I was in US between 2007 and 2013 on L1 B visa and came back to India in April 2013 to spend 1 year so that I can apply for L1A and get a full quota of 7 years.

In Oct 2014 I applied for B visa and travelled in Nov 2013 and April 2014 for about 1 month on both the occasions.

I went for L1A stamping in mid-July (after making sure I was out for 365 days) and was denied.

I was very confident of getting the L1A visa and am unsure why I was denied.

My company may file L1A after 6 months in Jan 2015 and if it gets rejected then I will try for H1.

My question is what are the chances that my L1A will go through or will it be denied again since I was rejected already.

What needs to be assessed is the reason for your previous L1A rejection and work upon those.

Can you post the Q&A session you had the officer, it might give some pointers.

This is my opinion not legal advice.

[vikramgodani]

What needs to be assessed is the reason for your previous L1A rejection and work upon those.

Can you post the Q&A session you had the officer, it might give some pointers.

This is my opinion not legal advice.

I was asked 4 standard questions:

1. How many years I have work for ACN
2. How many resources will I supervise – My response was 8
3. Who will by my supervisor
4. Where will be my supervisor located – I told him that he is not based from same region

He took some notes and then told me that I do not qualify for L1 A Blanket visa and can try for other visa types –L1A Individual or H1/L1B.

[raghvi]

If none of the answers are significantly changing, re applying under L1A would most likely be denied again.

As advised, go for L1A Individual/L1B Individual/H1B.

This is my opinion not legal advice.

[djsameer2000]

L1A questions

Hello friend did you ever get visa and where are you living now ?

[Libra_14]

Hello friend did you ever get visa and where are you living now ?

Yes, I got the visa & living in USA.

How can we help you?

[Preeka]

Yes, I got the visa & living in USA.

How can we help you?

hi

[amollad]

Hi,

My L1A extension is recently denied and I had to return to India as my I94 was expired. How soon can I reapply for fresh L1A Individual petition? My employer is saying there is cooling period of 365 days? is this rule set by USCIS?

[58993]

Please read this -

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2018/2018-11-15-PM-602-0167-L-1-foreign-employment-requirement.pdf

[Libra_14]

Please read this -

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2018/2018-11-15-PM-602-0167-L-1-foreign-employment-requirement.pdf

Nice document.