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Timezone differences remain a problem.
And cultural. It’s non trivial to have a team working cohesively both in India and USA. Even between cities it’s difficult
You cannot change timezone differences no matter what you do.
Would you recommend changing an EB2 application for an Indian to an EB3, given that the priority dates have jumped to 2014? My priority date is Sept 2011. Or would you recommend sticking with an EB2 whose priority date is only 6 months away from the new EB2 priority date limit, May 2011?
I think your dates are like a decade in the past.
I am a regular Software Engineer at a FAANG company. I have a Bachelor's degree in CS and no papers or patents. What's a reliable route for me to file a successful EB-1 application? What kind of hackathons I can judge/other industry events can I speak at/be in the press to satisfy the requirements of EB-1? How can I get those opportunities?
On an EB2 people like me have decades of wait time to get my GC. I think a sustainable way is to have professors and universities collaborate with H1B employees directly, to allow for them to publish papers and get in via the EB1 route. It won't work for every one, but could work for some and improve their situation and free up the Eb2/3 queues. We already have grants from the industry to universities to do research.…
many thanks for taking the time to answer our questions!
Q1) What are the options for an EU freelancer (geographically based and registered in EU e.g. Germany, France, Poland) to contract with an US based company via homeoffice?
I'm building in crypto, where KYC/AML become the primary challenges for building interesting things, the tech is the easy part.
I typically bootstrap, try to find product-market fit, then grow. But with the legal challenges, it significantly raises the barrier to entry.
As someone who is a project-based learner, used to diving into the deep end, and figuring everything out — what's the equivalent of that in law? Reading old cases? Reading guidelines from the government? With tech so many people say things that aren't true, then you can go try them for yourself and verify — how do you do this in law?
I'm a Master's student on an F-1 visa thinking about starting a company in the US. I previously did my undergraduate degree here as well.
1. Are there any restrictions to doing so while still a full-time student? E.g. would I be able to form an LLC while still a student?
2. Is there a way to use the STEM extension if you are self-employed? I've seen contradictory information on this.
3. If the answer to 2. is No, what would be the best visa to try to transition to after the first 12 months of OPT? O-1, E-1, or H1-B? Or something else entirely?
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And cultural. It’s non trivial to have a team working cohesively both in India and USA. Even between cities it’s difficult
Cultural differences are not necessarily bad, and people can adapt and learn how to work together over time. You cannot change timezone differences no matter what you do.
There are true, critical cultural differences between the US and say the middle east, or asia. In some cultures it is really bad to ask questions when something is unclear, it is really bad to take any sort of initiatives, it is really bad to push back on unreasonable requirements.
To me this is the true reason massive out-sourcing failed a few decades ago. It just requires a lot of work to adjust for these differences.
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On an EB2 people like me have decades of wait time to get my GC. I think a sustainable way is to have professors and universities collaborate with H1B employees directly, to allow for them to publish papers and get in via the EB1 route. It won't work for every one, but could work for some and improve their situation and free up the Eb2/3 queues. We already have grants from the industry to universities to do research.…
Isn't the long wait due to the arbitrary cap of something like 50K GC/country/year. Seems like Congress should just fix that as part of comprehensive immigration reform.
I have a question about EB-2 NIW. I have a Ph.D. (Elec. Eng.) from a non-U.S. university and have lived in the U.S. on a J-2 (dependent) visa; my spouse was working as a researcher at a U.S. university. During that time, I worked (on an EAD) for a U.S.-based R&D company, serving as a principal investigator on Govt. (DoD) funded research projects. I have publications, have served as reviewer for intl. academic journal…