Out of curiosity (and I apologize if this has been asked before) - why do you do these?
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
#12Going by your post history, you tightened from "YC and Startups" to just "YC Startups" for most of 2021 before broadening back out again - what happened during that time? (on a larger scale as best as you can tell, rather than just an uptick in personal business)
Sorry! That's a typo which I will correct now. Good eye!
Aw, was hoping for some macro insights about startups and hiring as a whole. lol
So are you still "YC Startups" then, or were the previous two typos by omission of 'and'?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#13Going by your post history, you tightened from "YC and Startups" to just "YC Startups" for most of 2021 before broadening back out again - what happened during that time? (on a larger scale as best as you can tell, rather than just an uptick in personal business)
Sorry! That's a typo which I will correct now. Good eye!
To be clear, the error was in my previous AMAs. It was always meant to be YC and startups. Thanks again.
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#14Would a startup founder with a history of various fairly popular, but not huge projects have a chance applying for an O-1 visa, or do you have to be a celebrity of some sort (in business/science/etc) to get it?
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#15Hello, can a H1-B holder work permanently in a fully remote US position?
Are there any restrictions? Thanks
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#16So if I'm a programmer, with basically no funding, is it possible to meet someone online and get them here? What's the minimum to get a foreign hire?
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#17Thankfully I'm personally on the other side of this already (got my green card less than a year ago). With many jobs becoming fully remote, do you think it's still possible to offer relocation to employees through L-1s, O-1s and H-1Bs? On the one hand, it's hard to claim that they truly need to be in the States, but on the other hand, it could be important for the timezones to match (and it's an amazing employee benefit).
Obviously my question doesn't apply to in-office or hybrid positions, only to pure remote.
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#18Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#19Out of curiosity (and I apologize if this has been asked before) - why do you do these?
I work all the time in my private practice and really don't do much charitable work or work for the community so this is a small way of doing something. As a firm, we're also starting to do some pro bono asylum work but really not enough yet.
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#20Asking for a friend - Is it possible to start a startup/side biz (while keep doing his full-time job)by an H1B visa holder with his wife if the wife is on H4 EAD?
There is but there are limits on what he can do and unfortunately other than not getting paid by the side business the limits aren't very clear. If he's interested, he should speak with someone so that he doesn't cross any lines.