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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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Hi Peter, thanks for doing this.

I'm a permanent resident (won the Green Card lottery) and I'm currently living in the US. I'm going to marry someone who is not a US citizen this summer. When I check the regular process, it took almost 2 years to bring my future wife to the US. What is the fastest way to bring my wife to the US after the marriage?

Thanks again.

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

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The IEP seems like the best option and a good one. The E-2 would require investments by you and/or other Bangladesh citizens into the US company and then expenditures by the US company. Based on the information provided, I would put the O-1 odds at less than 50%.

Hi Peter, Thanks for doing this. As far as I know, the IEP structure has no clear path to permanent residency like some of the other options. Is that your understanding as well or am I missing something here?

What does IEP stand for?

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

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Hi Peter, Thanks for doing this. As far as I know, the IEP structure has no clear path to permanent residency like some of the other options. Is that your understanding as well or am I missing something here?

What does IEP stand for?

International Entrepreneur Parole

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

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If true he should be praised for coming forward. I had six immigration lawyers that were totally screwing things up. At some point when doing first time meetup of a new lawyer I wanted to hire, I embarrassed him knowing more about basic Immigration laws that he did! Majority of lawyers really dont care. They run a caging operation. If you call their office and you are not client, you will speak with head of the food…

If true, there are many better ways to deal with this than play forum hero. Law is a regulated profession and comments like this are almost invariably complete fucking bullshit.

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

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If true, there are many better ways to deal with this than play forum hero. Law is a regulated profession and comments like this are almost invariably complete fucking bullshit.

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There are things called Law Societies or Bar Associations that are built to accept and investigate these types of complaints. That's the nature of regulated professions - there are places to complain and investigate.

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

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Let’s see if I understand this. Correct me if I’m wrong! There’s a highly trained and qualified professional willing to take six hours out of their Saturday to help, for free. You chose this time to be an asshole. There are two sides to every story but at this point, if you told me the sky was blue, I’d ask for a citation. Edit - Hey Peter, these AMAs always help me one hell of a lot. You’re loved. I hope you hear th…

Yes it is great that Peter gives his time here but don't imagine this is for charity. Being on a forum like this (with hundreds of potential clients) is a great way to grow his business. I had the misfortune of using a bad immigration lawyer (along with a group of colleagues) to do a company sponsored Green Card application. The lawyer wasted 2 years through incorrect paperwork and poor communication before we fired…

No, they’re an asshole and I'll happily stand by that.

You see, there are things called Law Societies or Bar Associations that are built to accept and investigate these types of complaints. That's the nature of regulated professions - there are places to complain and investigate. They take complaints like this very seriously and investigate them with almost unlimited power.

Public attacks like this are a sign that either the commenter doesn't have a clue how to deal with problems like this in a more professional way. Or the commenter does know, failed to make a case and has an axe to grind.

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