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@Boiler, I spoke with an attorney and presented him with this question. He was not aware that this rule could be bent, since by nature L1 is an intra-company transfer visa. But he was willing to look into this.

I will advise them to take an immigration lawyer.

@Boiler, the HR department of the company in the states did say it was not possible since I was no employee in the Netherlands. When I showed them the information on the following link

http://www.***removed***/l1-visa/l1-visa-requirements.html, where it says you don't have to be a direct employee. They said that they would be looking into to this, however it has been more than a week since I heard anything.

I have worked for multinational in the Netherlands for almost 5 years, until a year ago. However, I was employed via a software consultant agency. Recently, I have been offered to work in the US. Can I apply for a L-1B visa in this case? I found that USCIS is looking for the amount of control the company had over the work abroad. I can prove I was working in the Netherlands on 40 hrs/week basis for years. Can you please share your experience if you applied for an L1 visa under similar circumstances? Thanks very much.