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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
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#52Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#53Can you point us towards any resources for general immigration hiring frameworks for early stage startups? Given the current shift towards remote work, I'm interested in learning more about different approaches.
I'm not aware but if you ask specific questions, I might be able to help.
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#54I am from India and we would like to start our operations in US. Are there any other visa options for founders other than H1-B?
EB5 program exists if you are well capitalized.
That's right but the EB5 process is really slow right now. The other options are the O-1 extraordinary ability visa and the L-1 intracompany transferee visa (if you have existing operations in India).
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#55Can an employee on EB green card leave their sponsoring employer to start a PhD in the US and keep the GC?
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#56I've been in tech for 28 years and I'm thinking of going to law school next fall. My focus would be law and technology. Comments/thoughts? Thank you!
Fantastic field with tons of opportunities.
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#57How is the new wage requirements affecting H1B approvals? I heard it was being challenged in court. Are H1B transfers and renewals also subject to the new wage requirements?
Thanks as usual for your time and contribution!
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#58Hi Peter,
Thank you for doing this. I am a student founder at a university in the US on J-1 visa (with 2 year requirement in place). I have got an interview with YC last summer and plan to apply again. If I got into YC and plan to continue working on the startup full-time, what would be my options in term of immigration and visa?
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#59Do you think the new administration will have an impact on immigration and if so, what do you think will change?
My wife and I have been waiting since July on an update to her K1 adjustment of status. Some of that is COVID related issues, but I suspect some of the delay is due to additional processing of the new requirements (e.g. I-944).
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#60Hi Peter, Thank you for doing this. Can someone who has unused H1-B from long time ago, use it if they have a job offer from a US tech company and is presently outside the US?
Yes, it's possible to use unused H-1B time from a while ago to get sponsored for an H-1B now (and avoid the cap). But there's a limit; if it was too long ago, it might not work.
Thank you. It's almost 10 years I think.