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What percentage of and how many YC companies/startups are affected by the travel ban from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen?
Thanks so much! Not sure if off topic but related: I'm a canadian trying to figure out how to provide services to the US market. For people entering on TN-1A or similar, how has the trump administration changed the process? I don't have a comp-sci background. If I do pure consulting (no code) is it feasible to go in under a T1? I make > 200k/year - I think the lowest limit was doubled to 160k?
Two questions: 1. What is generally the best options for current H1B holders to start their own company? 2. Do you foresee any imminent changes in immigration policy, given the current political climate? I know this is not strictly a legal question, but I think it's a question many people have.
For an H1B you need to be fireable, i.e. have a board of directors that can fire you as a CEO. Otherwise USCIS will argue that you started the company to get yourself an H1b visa
hi Peter, the Greencard EB1 category for multinational execs was once faster but is now taking more than 1 year. Is there any other alternative?
Hi, currently (and for the forseeable future) I'm a 29 year old CTO at a VC backed Startup with 40 employees in Germany, I've had this position now for nearly two years, before (and on paper now in parallel to) that I've been managing director of a web-development agency for 3 years. I've had several software dev positions before that while working on starting my own companies, a process which made me drop out of uni…
Also without a degree
I'm an Australian planning to set up an Australian LLC equivalent for one of my side projects. In the near term I'm not planning to raise investment or hire employees, I just want to start working on this project full time.
I would also like to leave my options open. I believe that by establishing a company-employee relationship between myself and the company, I can make myself eligible for an L1 or B1 in lieu of H1B in the future.
Is it worth establishing this relationship, and if so what steps should I take? So far I only plan to pay myself a nominal salary.
Thank you
It is my understanding that getting a visa is a tough process. Is trying to get a visa as a UK resident whilst having a police caution (not a conviction - but the US doesn't have this distinction) on their record a complete non-starter?
For the wider audience, are there any red flags that will prevent someone from obtaining a visa?
Josh