The irony is that for a lot of Indians&#x2F;Chinese here, they could either wait 6-8 years, or they could leave the country for a year then transfer back in and have a GC in a year or less.  It&#x27;s particularly unpleasant for H1-Bs who start the PREM process as such.  So much easier for internal transfers, especially EB1, O, an L1&#x2F;L2... and easier still if you&#x27;re not from a slow lane country (currently China &amp; India, but Brazil was in this boat for a number of years, too).