I am a greencard holder who has moved back to Europe and will give up my GC. Can I open and operate stock trading accounts in US to manage the money I made in the US?
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
#62Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned.
What does this mean
I'm a moderator here. It looks like we banned your account early on because you posted something that broke the site guidelines. We have to be strict about this when accounts don't have much history because HN gets a ton of troll accounts.
Unfortunately, this also means we have to make guesses when there isn't much information to go on, and that leads to false positives. Your account looks like one of those, since it went on to participate on HN in a good way. I'm sorry about that—we always correct these situations when we see them, but sometimes it takes time before we see them.
I've unbanned the account now, so everything should be fixed. If you need anything else, email us at hn@ycombinator.com.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#63Hey Peter! Thank you tons for your contributions here! I'm an Indian in the US on an H1B visa and working in software. I've also made a product for fun on weekends (which my company knows about and approves of). I was thinking of opening access to it for the world, but as it'll involve substantial costs on (cloud) infrastructure, I'll have to ask people to pay for usage on it. I don't plan to profit from this in any…
It is a gray area but I don't see any issue if you release it for free. Getting paid, even if to cover your expenses, is more problematic, however. I wouldn't say it's a complete non-starter but it would have to be structured very carefully and properly to avoid crossing any lines.
Is there any documentation you'd be able to point to about how to structure this? Not the OP but in a similar boat.
Or would you recommend reaching out to an attorney to do this instead?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#64Thankfully 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 bene…
I would heavily disagree on any benefits of being physically in the US.
Working for US companies remotely while in a warm European place (Italy, Spain, Portugal) is the real deal.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#65I would like to immigrate to San Francisco. I'm currently working on a startup in France (I'm a french citizen). I didn't create the company yet. Should I go with Stripe Atlas and create an American company or a french company? I would like to be able to receive funds from the US and from France, not sure who will fund my startup.
If I have let's say $100k of funds, am I able to immigrate to the US?
Thanks a lot
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#66What are some of the easiest things one can do to qualify for an O-1 visa?
The lowest hanging fruit so to speak are creating a good company and/or doing great work as an employee of a good company, serving as a judge at competitions/events (or as a reviewer for conferences or journals), obtaining membership in professional associations that require outstanding achievement of its members, and being the subject of media attention.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#67Hello, just a heads up, your account is shadow banned.
We've fixed this now (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29201489) so I'm going to detach this subthread and mark it offtopic so the thread can stay focused on immigration questions.
Btw, it's better to let us know at hn@ycombinator.com about cases like this so we can be sure to fix them. I only saw this randomly. We're grateful when users watch out for each other and we're always happy to unban accounts when it's clear that they're using HN as intended.
(Detached from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29200985)
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#68Hi Peter, my startup is a US Corp (Delaware) with a US-based co-founder and US-based employees. I live in Canada and I'm a Canadian citizen and I have zero intention of moving to the US. I'm the CEO. I'm using an EOR (Remote.com) to pay me in Canada.
I believe I can fly into the US for short trips on a smile and wave B1, but I want to be sure I don't need something like an L1. I have easily got a TN1 in the past, but I don't think that works if I'm a major shareholder.
Basically, I'm the CEO of a US corporation that lives permanently outside the US, and I want to cross the border occasionally to meet with the team, do trade shows, board meetings, sales meetings, and then return to Canada shortly thereafter. What permits do I need?
Thank you for your input!
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#69Thankfully 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 bene…
I would heavily disagree on any benefits of being physically in the US. Working for US companies remotely while in a warm European place (Italy, Spain, Portugal) is the real deal.
The US is diverse in terms of both culture and climate :) Many people I know want to live in the US for various reasons. And I can't offer relocation to any European country without having operations in Europe, for the same reason that people outside of the US can't offer relocation to the US.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Cool thanks!