How they bring in those who would destroy you by gaming US law
As we’ve seen, Trump is now working to tighten the H1B system by implementing new regulations, such as attaching a $100,000 salary floor. On paper this should definitely shift power back to American workers, but what’s happening instead is what always tends to happen: a good old-fashioned loophole. The consulting industry is working overtime, and they’ve already found a structural weakness, built a workaround, and have essentially turned Trump’s reform into a measly speed bump. Let’s break it down.
A TikTok clip has been circulating that lays out the entire process with unsettling bluntness. The creator explains a new strategy used by Indian consulting firms to get workers into the United States. The trick is simple: you literally “park” the employee in Canada or the UK for one year, then transfer them into the U.S. under an L1 visa. H1B rules need not apply.
In the clip, the host calls the method “L1 parking” and describes it as a long-term strategy that transforms a visa rule into a global pipeline. Workers spend a year in a Canadian or British satellite office, qualify for an intra-company transfer, and then walk directly into the U.S. labor market without the lottery, without the salary floor, and without the scrutiny that the H1B program now demands. The workaround is efficient, legal, and already scaling.
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The problem here is not just about immigrants “gaming” the system. The even bigger story is about how these consultants are profiting big time from the entire L1 parking scheme.
Immigration consultants in India openly advertise L1 transfers as premium services, selling “intra-company transfer pathways” and “fast-track U.S. entry solutions” as if they were menu options. They package the loophole, market it to workers, and bill employers for engineering the pipeline. This visa was supposed to support multinational mobility, but instead it’s basically become a full-on profit machine.
For example, we have Continental Immigration, Delhi, which advertises L-1A and L-1B services as a full commercial offering for Indian companies and “professionals seeking fast, secure transfer to the United States,” promoting guidance, documentation support, employer coordination, and “intra-company visa pathways” as purchasable services.
DEBRIEFING
The entire L1 parking scheme works rather ingeniously because it transforms immigration law into a purchasable service. Trump raised the H1B salary floor to protect American workers, but unfortunately consultants have already carved out a workaround that delivers the same labor at a lower cost. One year in a Canadian satellite office becomes the credential that unlocks a U.S. transfer.
What makes this even more revealing is how openly the consulting world treats the workaround. Companies in India advertise L1 pathways as premium services, offering packaged documentation, employer coordination, and “fast-track transfer” support as if they were selling travel upgrades. The visa category was meant for multinational executives and specialized employees. But now it’s become a product line that consultants build, market, and sell at scale.
Canada’s role specifically in the process exposes yet another critical mechanic of the pipeline. A year in a Toronto office is not about training or integration; it’s simply about eligibility. The Canadian stage just exists to satisfy a bureaucratic requirement that the L1 category never intended.
But, of course, the largest consequence of all is how this could affect the American worker. The $100,000 salary floor for H1B workers only matters if companies cannot find a cheaper legal path. L1 parking gives them that path, fully compliant and largely invisible. It maintains low wages and keeps employers insulated from the cost protections Trump’s reform was built to create. The winners are the consultants and corporations engineering the pipeline, and sadly, the losers could be the American workers the policy was supposed to help.
The really disturbing part is that absolutely none of this violates the law, and that’s exactly why the pipeline keeps expanding. L1 parking is not a loophole that was created by mistake; it’s just what happens when the rules create incentives for workarounds instead of compliance.
NOW YOU KNOW
Canada has become the waiting room, and the United States has become the final destination.
https://www.cypher-news.com/2025/11/l1-parking-quiet-visa-loophole-undercutting-trumps-h1b-reform/
