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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 sushshshsh »

cvhashim wrote: post #2

A bit of a basic question but, if an individual working in the US on an H1B Visa decides to marry a US Citizen, how will it affect their job status? Will they have to quit their job, go back to their country of origin and return to the US on a Marriage/Fiance visa once that process is approved?

Hi, my wife and I are going through this right now, and so far she has submitted her paperwork and continues to work on H1B until receiving an approval from USCIS. I'm American and she is Chinese. Good luck!

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

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Post by say_it_as_it_is »

Considering an entire industry exists to help corporations and individuals avoid paying taxes using "legal innovations", how difficult will it be for this niche industry to create a new legal entity that circumvents the H1B changes in the U.S? These entities probably already exist but just aren't widely understood. Are the H1B changes really just going to hurt the little guys?

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

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Post by idrios »

I'm sure you saw the article recently about the H1B visa program requiring significantly higher pay for visa holders. How do you think this will affect current visa holders? Obviously it varies case by case but I'm hoping you'll have insight into this that I don't have.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-announces-...

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

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Post by Natsu »

Can using the EIP cards count against someone with respect to the "public charge" rule or otherwise impact an I-751 filing in any way?

Also, are there any other surprise rule changes that someone should know about other than the new thing where every field on an immigration form has to be filled out?

See also: https://www.nolo.com/legal-update/uscis-means-it-when-they-s...

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Post by beowulf86 »

This isn't an immigration issue per se but we (early stage startup) were thinking of hiring an employee who will remain in their home country (Colombia) and work remotely until COVID concerns are far in the rearview. Do you know of any companies that we can use as a proxy or intermediary so we don't have to go through all the legal hoops ourselves? After some super quick research we found lano.io but would love some more recs if you (or anyone else) have some.

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

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Post by kiliantics »

Hello, thanks for doing this! I just got my H1B approval after being on OPT for the last couple years. Apart from obvious covid restrictions, am I otherwise still limited for travel because of the recent executive orders? Do you know when it will be possible to leave and re-enter the US?

Also, now that remote work is common, I am curious if the H1B has requirements for time spent in the US, the way the green card does. I can't seem to find definitive answers about any residency requirements online. Are there any for H1B?

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