Hello,
I am French and I am currently working in a French company created in February 16. I am 23 and I hold two master degree in mechanical & petroleum engineering from well-reputed French engineering schools.
My history with this company is described above:
1/ I joined this company as an intern in February 16 until April 16, then I came back to school.
2/ I joined this company again as an intern on July 16 until December 16.
3/ In January 17, I came back to school and my company offered me a part-time fixed-term contract (which should have ended in July 17 initially).
4/ I finished my study and I got a full-time contract in May 17, officially as a junior analyst. I can ask to have another job title if necessary.
However, since day 1, I have been in charge of finding and managing all the datasources used by the company (which is a analytic company selling reports to customers, mostly in the US). Due to this strategic position, we could say that I am in charge of a major part of the company and I am giving guidance to other product managers (even as an intern, I have been giving guidance to many full-time employees). I also had a six-week trip offered by my company during summer 16 in order to talk with many actors in order to calibrate the company models. I don't know if it is important, but almost all employees of the company are master degree holders.
Going to the USA would let me have a better exposure to the client and better understand of their needs in order to better advise product managers. There are already 1 Managing Director in charge of sales in NYC and 3 people working as Data Scientists in SF.
My questions are:
1/ I know that you must be working abroad during 1-year before applying to L1A. In my situation, when can I start counting for the 1-year period? Since I am an intern in July 16, on a fixed-term contract in Jan 17, on full-time contract in May 17 or only when I am officially "manager" (in other terms, should I negotiate with my company to have a "managerial" job title and then wait 1-year)?
2/ Could I be considered manager even if my official job title is "junior analyst"?
3/ Do you see in my situation any red flags to the issuance of a L1A visa? Could I ask then a green card?
Thank you very much in advance for your attention and your help!
I am French and I am currently working in a French company created in February 16. I am 23 and I hold two master degree in mechanical & petroleum engineering from well-reputed French engineering schools.
My history with this company is described above:
1/ I joined this company as an intern in February 16 until April 16, then I came back to school.
2/ I joined this company again as an intern on July 16 until December 16.
3/ In January 17, I came back to school and my company offered me a part-time fixed-term contract (which should have ended in July 17 initially).
4/ I finished my study and I got a full-time contract in May 17, officially as a junior analyst. I can ask to have another job title if necessary.
However, since day 1, I have been in charge of finding and managing all the datasources used by the company (which is a analytic company selling reports to customers, mostly in the US). Due to this strategic position, we could say that I am in charge of a major part of the company and I am giving guidance to other product managers (even as an intern, I have been giving guidance to many full-time employees). I also had a six-week trip offered by my company during summer 16 in order to talk with many actors in order to calibrate the company models. I don't know if it is important, but almost all employees of the company are master degree holders.
Going to the USA would let me have a better exposure to the client and better understand of their needs in order to better advise product managers. There are already 1 Managing Director in charge of sales in NYC and 3 people working as Data Scientists in SF.
My questions are:
1/ I know that you must be working abroad during 1-year before applying to L1A. In my situation, when can I start counting for the 1-year period? Since I am an intern in July 16, on a fixed-term contract in Jan 17, on full-time contract in May 17 or only when I am officially "manager" (in other terms, should I negotiate with my company to have a "managerial" job title and then wait 1-year)?
2/ Could I be considered manager even if my official job title is "junior analyst"?
3/ Do you see in my situation any red flags to the issuance of a L1A visa? Could I ask then a green card?
Thank you very much in advance for your attention and your help!
