The IEP seems like the best option and a good one. The E-2 would require investments by you and/or other Bangladesh citizens into the US company and then expenditures by the US company. Based on the information provided, I would put the O-1 odds at less than 50%.

I really can't comment on any potential claims but the law is clear that a sponsoring H-1B employer must offer a terminated employee the reasonable cost of a return trip home.

It shouldn't have been denied because the H-4 isn't tied to a particular H-1B employer but to your H-1B status which presumably you have maintained. An option which you should raise with your lawyer is to file a nunc pro tunc H-4 application. We've had these approved, particularly during the pandemic, for individuals whose status expired more than 6 months ago.

Unfortunately there's really no way to expedite the marriage based green card process. What's frustrating is that if you were a nonimmigrant, she could come over right away on a dependent visa but that's not an option for spouses of permanent residents. We've had clients give up their green cards and switch to a nonimmigrant status because of this. Is there any chance that your fiance could qualify for her own work visa? Because once here, you could sponsor her for a green card, a much better process than going trough a US Consulate abroad.

Hey there, I'm a Canadian living in the US on an L1 right now, it was a good fit for me. What my company did was set up a Canadian Entity (subsidy) and started paying me through that for a year before I made the trip. It worked out well.

Unfortunately there needs to be a legitimate operating entity in Canada with office space, employees, etc.

Lawyers - myself included - are notoriously bad at using technology and just changing the way that they do things so there's no question that there's opportunity here.

For the typical (strong) passport holder, one of the most reliable routes is to get employment at an offshore office of a US-based company with significant international operations (eg: Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc). Working for their London office should be tenable.

Once there, aim for a transfer to HQ or US-based office via the L1 visa (higher likelihood than other US employment visas). From there, with a UK passport you will have a much shorter/non-existent queue to apply for and be granted a green card (within 2-4 years of L1). From there, you have full employment (or non-employment!) flexibility within the US.

The whole timeline should be about 4-8 years from getting your UK-based US-company job, which isn't short or quick, but far more reliable than many other options.

If speed is the priority, you have to take some risks.

- You can shoot to get an H1B but it's the biggest lottery shitshow. Large employers are generally unwilling to spend much effort on this these days, they may try once and then rescind the offer if the application fails.

- You can try to start a business, raise US investment, and then qualify for IEP (see other thread here)

- You can find a US-based cofounder(s), start a US-based business, and then try (probably multiple times) to file an H1B for yourself as an employee of your business. You must hold less than some % of the business to be above board.

- Above, but try for an O1 instead of a H1. Lower chances, but more flexibility once you get it. Green card is an option immediately.

- You can be an impressive individual by filling the criteria and apply for an O1.

Short of qualifying for an O-1 visa, from a long-term standpoint, the best options are probably working for a company in the UK (ideally in a managerial capacity_ and then transferring on an L-1 visa to a related in the US (ideally also in a managerial position) or getting an H-1B visa but this is subject to a lottery and the odds continue to get worse.