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

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

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I’ll be here for the next 2.5 hours and then again at around noon until the end of the day. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won’t have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers!

Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

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

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How soon after (maybe 6 months) receiving a EB3 greencard can I leave the sponsoring employer without raising suspicions? (Been working there for 4yrs+) Can anyone take the greencard from me leaving too early?

There's a lot of misinformation about this but there's really no waiting period and really hasn't been since AC21.

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I am a Canadian Citizen orignally from India. I have a MBA from Cornell. I have heard that the H1-B visa cap is not applicable for my case. Is this true ?

It is; it's just that there are 2 buckets, one for this a master's degree or higher from a US school and another for everyone else. What this means in practical terms is that you will have a much higher chance of getting selected in the lottery than someone without a master's degree or higher from a US school. Also, as I'm sure you know, you might qualify for a TN, which is not subject to a lottery.
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