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I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by Nimsical »

proberts wrote: post #200
Nimsical wrote: post #183

Hey Peter, thanks for doing this :) I'm on an O1, founder or a company and have slightly less than 50% onwernship. I've been thinking of getting a green card. What's the best approach?

I'd need to know your background but the first option I would look at is the EB1A extraordinary ability route.

I have no degree, but have had a documentary made about my first startup in Canada + speak at conferences / meet-ups from time to time, have a couple of pieces of press and have a profitable business with a handful of employees

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Post by vishakh82 »

proberts wrote: post #184
vishakh82 wrote: post #154

Hi Peter, has the been any uptick in RFEs and denials for H1 applications and transfers under the current administration? Have there been any other noticable changes for startup immigration under this regime?

There's been a huge uptick in RFEs.

Does this have any material impact on the H1 process or is it simply an annoyance?

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Post by CrasVestibulum »

throthrothis wrote: post #111

Please all H1Bs of Indian nationality. Do not waste your time, age, money and family life waiting for H1B based GreenCard. Its a lost cause. Move to Canada, Australia or somewhere else. Live a good life rather than being indentured servants for US corporations for a good chunk of your productive age. I moved to Canada some years back and I am really happy about my decision.

(throwaway account)

After 12 years (of which 7+ years waiting for a green card) I have come to a similar conclusion.

How do you compare living in Canada vs USA , like schools and opportunities for spouses ?

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Post by navalsaini »

gragas wrote: post #75
bharatnt wrote: post #54

Hi, I am from India and I want to know the options that I have to come to valley. I don't have graduate degree but I have learned Computer Science from sites like edx and coursera. If needed I can pay a little fee on those sites and get the certificate of complications that they provide. What are available options? I really appreciate you taking time to do this ama. Thank you

Why don't you want to stay in India?

A lot of people want to work on more cutting edge problems - at present we don't have companies solving healthcare problems with datascience, or self driving cars, or tesla like companies.

There is also a charm of moving to a more developed economy too.

For many people living in developed countries, moving to a developed economy seems like a good way to travel the world. Though it might be more of a mindset and exposure issue, travelling the world is much easier when one earns in dollars.

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Post by jacquesm »

proberts wrote: post #197
yomansat wrote: post #178

Hi Peter, thanks for doing this. I'm on L1B, and I was surprised to receive 221(g) while renewing my visa. I was told to wait for 2-6+ months for a response and crossed my existing visa that expires end of the year. If my visa expires before hearing back, does that mean I lose my job in the US? It's a European company so they might offer me to transfer back to the UK. Do I have any rights in such a situation? like as…

This is a complicated scenario and I would need to know all the facts to respond. Please email me offline.

Your HN profile does not contain your email address, you may want to add it. It's confusing because the 'email' field is not shown publicly, you need to add it to the about field.

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Post by graeme »

How would you go about establishing us income for an E1 visa?

Background is I showed the consulate all my sales reports. I'm in a niche where almost all worldwide sales are in the us. So about 85% of my sales are from there.

They're not considering the documents. They want a report from an accountant or an auditor. I'm producing that, but given their extreme skepticism so far, I'm wondering if there's something else I should be doing.

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Post by pedro_hab »

I'm going to the US on a J-1 visa, I don't have a Bachelor's degree, though I have 2 years pursuing it.

It seemed unlikely I'd get a H1-b w/o the bachelors, what other options do I have?

I've thought on going back to Brazil for a year, then coming back on a L1 as a last resort.

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