Can you be hired into the Canadian subsidiary immediately? Presumably you have a Canadian work permit or PR. 1 year later you can be sent to the US with an L1A or L1B.

This post has been edited by feynman: Mar 15 2024, 12:09 AM

Then no choice, gotta work in penang for the L1 visa.

H1-B is not assured and subjected to caps

There's a risk to that. 1 year is a long time in corporate timescales, business conditions can change very quickly, banks got brought down over the weekend.

You may be hired with the verbal promise or understanding that they will petition for your L1 visa upon fulfilling one year of service....guess what, when the time comes, the company could be acquired, a freeze in hiring, layoffs, delays in recruitment, reorg, divestiture, that director of yours left for something else....a lot of variables for one year, it may not happen at all

Also understand that you'll be getting a penang pay..........even if they gave you something in the teens, that's poverty level to super entry level pay in the US

you could insist on having this transfer in your employment contract though really, if it doesn't happen, will you have the resources to take this company to court, presumably in msia or the US?

If there's a way, best is still to be based out of Canada, be a contractor or something