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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

#71

Hi Peter. Seems like I just lost the H-1B lottery, what other options do I have to stay working in the USA (I'm currently on a J-1 visa)? I already have a master's degree, and would not like to go back to school. Thank you in advance.

The options are very limited but the default options are an O-1 petition or a green card application (where there is no backlog in the category such that you can file an I-485 and work authorization applications immediately).

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

#74
I am British. Never been to uni, but have a successful career contracting as a software developer in London.

My wife is Polish, has degrees.

How difficult would it be (in terms of visas etc) to move to California for us? My understanding is that because I have no formal eduction, it can be hard to get a visa to move to USA (I think it would be easier for my wife).

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

#76

Immigrating to US under NAFTA (Computer Analyst) with a Computer Science (not Engineering) degree doing software development. Do people still use this route? What's the success rate now do you know?

I'm currently in the US using a TN visa. I know many people with that visa, 0 rejection rate if you present the proper documentation.

Pm me if have more questions.

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

#77

Immigrating to US under NAFTA (Computer Analyst) with a Computer Science (not Engineering) degree doing software development. Do people still use this route? What's the success rate now do you know?

TN-visa? that's fine. Plenty of people do that each year.

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

#78

Hi Peter. Seems like I just lost the H-1B lottery, what other options do I have to stay working in the USA (I'm currently on a J-1 visa)? I already have a master's degree, and would not like to go back to school. Thank you in advance.

The options are very limited but the default options are an O-1 petition or a green card application (where there is no backlog in the category such that you can file an I-485 and work authorization applications immediately).

How difficult is the O-1 petition?
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