My company wants to bring me over to the US from France under an L1-B visa. The pandemic makes getting interviewed at an embassy very difficult, and the process has stalled because of this.
Do you have any idea when visa processing will resume, and is there anything my employer or I can do to speed things up?
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
#42Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned.
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Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#43I'm Europe based at the moment, but I'm curious about how to validate your degrees from an European country to be recognised in the USA as a valid diploma and search for a job. Maybe is not your area of expertise, so I'm sorry for the question if is not.
Not the OP. The validation probably comes in the background check stage (not the hiring stage) and the background check companies should have the expertise to check degrees in Europe. All in all, this should definitely be manageable.
And from a US immigration perspective, you can get an education evaluation service to evaluate your education in terms of its US education equivalency. These evaluations aren't expensive at all.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#44Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#45My company wants to bring me over to the US from France under an L1-B visa. The pandemic makes getting interviewed at an embassy very difficult, and the process has stalled because of this. Do you have any idea when visa processing will resume, and is there anything my employer or I can do to speed things up?
It's already resumed although there are delays in getting appointments. And Paris has been very receptive recently to requests for expedited appointments. Also, appointments become available all the time so it's worthwhile to check the system regularly. For example, London just released a bunch of appointments today.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#46Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#47Hi Peter,
Thanks for doing this again. Is a work authorization visa (TN H1B etc) required to be hired for a remote US position for a Canadian not looking to relocate just yet.
Thanks
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#48What are the legal risks for a US company to hire a foreign contractor in a model that is more like of a full time employee?
I am the foreign contractor in this situation and I like it. I wish many more companies would hire this way, since a real FTE would require the company to establish a presence in my country (which will never happen).
I understand the risks of hiring as contractor with an employee-like agreement if I was in the US. But I am not. So what are the risks then?
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I still think problematic and would have to be carefully structured from both an immigration and tax perspective.
curious if there is a visa that allows more the entrepreneurial amongst us?
The visas most closely aligned with entrepreneurs are the E-1 and E-2, the L-1, the O-1, and the IEP (parole).
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#50I am a DACA recipient, and have not been able to renew my application due to a situation that I will not get to specific with. I am still working at a tech company and been extremely anxious this past few months about what my company might do to me since its been expired for almost a year. I've worked so hard for this and can't the fact that I might get fired due to this. Any suggestions or sources that can help on t…
I know what you're referring to because we've dealt with that issue for several employees of one of our clients. But it's really impossible to advise without knowing all the facts.