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

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

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Post by cletus »

dcs19010 wrote: post #173
adamnemecek wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many times did you try? I think the rate is like 2-3% for most countries.

Here are the odds, by country. Rate of legal immigration doesn't seem to be a primary determinate for that country's odds. www.usagreencardlottery.org/green-card-statistics.jsp

Slight nit: you want to add http to that so it gets linkified.

Thanks for posting it. It's super-interesting. I always suspected the chance for my country (Australia) was _reasonably_ good. This bears that out. In fact it might even be higher (5%) than I'd expected.

That being said I tried like 6-8 times and never won. But that's not too surprising even at 1 in 20.

In fact I think I've only ever met one person who had won this. As it happened he was from Russia.

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

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Post by arm64 »

Hi Peter, I recently moved to US (from India) on L1B. While I was in India, I had an app on App Store and making small money. I developed this app in my personal time and this is not related to my job. Can I continue improving the app (in my personal time) while I am in US on L1B?

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

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Post by dev_throw »

Would applying for a green card on a TN Visa be considered a violation of the non dual-intent of the visa and prevent me from renewing/applying for TN Visa at the border?

Context: naturalized Canadian citizen (Indian born) on a TN Visa working in the states.

From what I have read, green card applications are determined by country of birth, and for India are upwards of 3 years. So, I would like to know if an application for a green card would jeopardize future TN Visas at the border.

Thanks a lot for doing this AMA, Peter!

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Post by warpy »

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.

You are only an "indentured servant" if you're not good enough in your field to demand a competitive salary. Please don't put everyone in the same bucket as you.

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

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Post by cletus »

samhoggnz wrote: post #101
SirHound wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who is eligible for an Australian passport, I was going to get one on the understanding the E3 is superior as it would allow a spouse to come with and get a job. Is there a specific reason you're moving to a H1B?

An E-3 isn't dual intent, there's no path to a GC unless you switch.

Sorry but this is incorrect.

I'm speaking as someone who went E3 -> GC.

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