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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 briane80 »

kondu wrote: post #28
briane80 wrote: post #21

Are you proud of your work? Driving wages down for everyone?

I sure am proud of his work, helping thousands of people get better jobs and live betters lives.

Fine you go ahead and be proud of employers using the immigration system to make more money for themsevles and shareholders at the expense of employees (regardless of their nationality).

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

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Post by its-hawk »

Hi Peter, I'm a Canadian student. I recently received a summer internship offer starting in May 2020, however I would like to enter the U.S. in January.

(1) Could entering the U.S. while the J1 application is being processed (in January) cause issues (e.g. due to an updated I-94 for instance)? (2) Could I get the J1 visa to start in January so I don’t need to return to the border come May 2020?

Thanks

Edit: grammar & organization

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

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Post by greencardq11 »

proberts wrote: post #24
greencardq11 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

You would need to continue to work in the same field, although this is very broadly defined and generally just not an issue, and although you can port your green card application to your own company, USCIS will want to make sure that this company is real and doing business.

Are you sure this is the case AFTER I received the actual greencard? I thought I wouldn't even have to work technically (which of course I plan to do) I understand this is the case while i485 is pending.
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