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Re: Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself?

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Post by tejasm » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 11:12 AM UTC

1. You can incorporate an LLC or Inc. from any part of the world. This won't be an issue.

2. The LLC or Inc. can get EIN and open USA Bank Account. You'll not have an SSN unless you have a valid work visa, students visa or your green card. Not a log of banks will help you open these kind of accounts unless you have someone with SSN to help you there. Most startup-friendly bank is SV Bank.

3. You won't be able to hire yourself unless the company is one year old and has certain revenue. Even when the company is eligible for everything else, it'll still have to file an H1-B which is more like lottery these days. 2014 quotas are already full and 2015 quotas will only open in April 2015.

4. and 5. Unless you have an H1-B or L1, you won't be able to move to the States for work.

There's something called EB-5 but that has substantial investment.

Re: Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself?

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Post by thejteam » Wed, Jun 11, 2014, 12:39 PM UTC

sepultura wrote: post #9

phantom_oracle wrote: post #5

Which "third-world" country are you in? If it is that bad, like civil-war-bad, then you could possibly try applying for refugee status (although that may restrict you as well).

Mexico, the country where the president couldn't even mention reading 3 books. And the preference polls being a candidate where way way off... Corruption and crime runs rampant. It was already pretty hard in here, many new laws hampering growth, way too much corruption, poverty, and desperation. You can see it on their faces. My family suffers...

If you have a college degree and work in certain professions then there is a separate visa process for Mexican citizens. You will need to get a job offer from a US company like an H1-B but if I recall unlike the H1B there is no limit to the number of visas issued.

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/naf...

Re: Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself?

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Post by mahesh_gkumar » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 3:32 PM UTC

Form an LLC with your friends in the US (who are legal residents). Make sure that you form a board which has the authority to fire you (this is needed for the h1b employee employer requirement). Make the company profitable, apply for h1, move.