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I work for a FAANG in London and we have cross geo teams in US (California mainly, some in WA). Anyone interested in relocating to the US teams needs to work for at least a year in the UK office before they are eligible to move to US on L1B if engineer or L1A if management role.

More often than not chances of moving to US after working at a FAANG in Europe should be possible unless your company doesn't support relocations; it's better to be upfront in the interviewing stage if you want to do that.

I have never aimed for PR in US so can't speak to that; I may want to move to California only for the weather and the higher salary but my wife likes the UK weather ;-)

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Very interesting, thanks.

> I work for a FAANG in London and we have cross geo teams in US (California mainly, some in WA). Anyone interested in relocating to the US teams needs to work for at least a year in the UK office before they are eligible to move to US on L1B if engineer or L1A if management role.

Is there selection in your case? Do you need to be some level of indispensable for your team, or have a very good track record already to be considered? Or is it something more relaxed where you get to move if you're considered good and hard-working?

> More often than not chances of moving to US after working at a FAANG in Europe should be possible unless your company doesn't support relocations; it's better to be upfront in the interviewing stage if you want to do that.

I am guessing that there is a tactical way to do that without telling them that I just want the job for the relocation opportunities?

Because working at a FAANG would be great for me, I'm interested in the job, but I also really care about the relocation. Not sure how to say this.

>> Is there selection in your case? Do you need to be some level of indispensable for your team ...

Nothing of the sort really, at least in the teams/org I work in. As long as you are performing to expectations i.e good and hardworking as you put it, it's just a matter of letting your manager know and the rest is taken care of.

>> I am guessing that there is a tactical way to do that without telling them that

You can always ask during the interview stage about relocation opportunities, how these are handled and how easy/hard it is to relocate. More often than not, the manager/HR will be transparent about it. If the manager/HR is curious as to why, you can always say that you would like to experience working in the US; nothing wrong in that.

That's really encouraging, thanks a lot.