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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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I'm on the Eb5 conditional green card and submitted by evidence for the job creation and adjustment of status and received my fingerprinting notice date in dec. Does that mean my conversion to a permanent GC is a mere formality?

Not necessarily. You job creation evidence needs to be reviewed as well as your immigration history/compliance.

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.

Ah nice. Is there anything else I have to do? I want to be self-employed ASAP I don't have to stay in exactly same profession, right?

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What are some of the greatest legal risks/vulnerabilities for startups and how can they be mitigated? Or unexpected risks.

When you say legal risks/vulnerabilities, are you referring to immigration ones (because these are the only ones I am able to comment on)? And are you referring to startups founded by foreign nationals only?

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

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post #7

What are some of the greatest legal risks/vulnerabilities for startups and how can they be mitigated? Or unexpected risks.

When you say legal risks/vulnerabilities, are you referring to immigration ones (because these are the only ones I am able to comment on)? And are you referring to startups founded by foreign nationals only?

I was just discussing in general, but if you can only comment on immigration-related ones I’d be curious to hear what some common issues are that startups run into when hiring immigrants.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean immigration-wise?

working with startups.

It would be wonderful if the Biden Administration revives the International Entrepreneur Rule because we really don't have an immigration option specific to startups and this would make it much easier for the founders of moderately funded startups to work in the US and build up their company.

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

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you say legal risks/vulnerabilities, are you referring to immigration ones (because these are the only ones I am able to comment on)? And are you referring to startups founded by foreign nationals only?

I was just discussing in general, but if you can only comment on immigration-related ones I’d be curious to hear what some common issues are that startups run into when hiring immigrants.

They're really no different from other companies hiring foreign nationals. Sometimes, however, with startups, USCIS wants to make sure that it's a real business and will ask for evidence of this in the form of client contracts or letters of interest, funding, products or product development, etc.
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