TheIrishGal

Hi,
 
Back in January of this year, my fiance and I submitted our K1 application. It should be a pretty straight forward case, we knew I wouldn't be working right away because of it, etc.
 
In May, the company I work for informed me they want to keep me working for them in the US, because the people they have in their US office don't currently have my skillset, and have said they are willing to pay the expedite fee to get me my L1 asap.
 
There was no reason at the time I applied for K1 for me to believe they would be willing to keep me on full time but there's been a small restructuring of the management due to the Managing Director retiring in February.
 
I'm looking for some advice, really, as I'm torn between staying on the K1 (I won't get that money back, and we're nearly at the finish line!), and taking them up on their offer, as it would allow me to be self sufficient almost from the get go.
 
The biggest concern I have, is if there are likely to be any issues if I were to apply for the L1; in the application stage, the interview stage, or after.
 
From what I understand, the L1 is similar to the K1 in that it is a non-immigrant visa with immigration intent, however designed for work rather than marriage. Would my getting married within a month of entering the US cause me any issues?
 
Would entering on an L1 be considered misrepresentation/visa fraud? The last thing I want to do is jeopardise my ability to stay in the US with my fiance. I know the adjustment of status is supposed to be "forgiving" for overstay, but I really don't want to mess it up.
 
I'm also considering getting legal advice; but I'm hoping there's someone here with experience or more expert knowledge than I can claim!
 
Thank you

I meant under the mistaken belief that I would be able to work in the States because our company had no physical presence there, besides myself. The nature of my role meant that remote working was possible; I would prefer not to go into too much detail as I have had issues with being 'doxxed' on another forum. However, the murkiness of whether such work for a UK company, with payments made to a non-US bank account, would rise to the level of 'unauthorised work' made me give up on the plan. I was lucky enough to go through AOS very rapidly (4-5 months, quite a while ago, so I don't recall) as the process was faster back then (2011). Hope this explains somewhat, doesn't change my advice that avoiding work in these circumstances is a safer plan of action.

My take on it has always been, a person needs work authorization to WORK in the US. I don't know why everyone is so fixating on the who pays or how they get pay and whether it's foreign or US. That part doesn't matter so much. One can get pay from a US account or a foreign account into any account they want. The action that a person perform in the US (WORK) needs to be authorized, if the person is an alien. To me, it's always been very clear cut. 

I got my wife's certificate after I received NOA 1. Had it in hand 6 months before the interview. I would get it now if you have NOA 1. Like you said, good for 12 months, and if it takes more than 12 months to get to the interview, there are bigger problems than a police certificate.

As long as it is valid at the time of the interview, it's fine.