At what stage should US-based startups start considering hiring folks needing help with immigration?
I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
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#392I have nothing to contribute and am late. However, every time I see YC AMA I read YMCA.
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#393Peter was extremely helpful in my successful O1A petition, highly recommend working with him.
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#394How common is it that people come to SF and work illegally on their startup and then raise money?
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#395Can an Iranian citizen register a Delaware corporation and operate in the US?
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#396Can you recommend any good books or journals about US immigration law?
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#397Why did you decide to work with this rather than with people who might need your skills more, or do you do that too?
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#398What are your predictions on how H1B visa holders will be impacted if Trump wins the election?
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100% agree. It is a race to the bottom that Americans will never win. Americans who want a normal wage and life are never going to be able to compete on price with someone in South America or Eastern Europe. This is the kind of things that should result in massive tariffs and extremely onerous tax and paperwork for the companies that do it. Otherwise, all of our expertise will just move outside of the world and to th…
This is some weird 'Gangs of New York' wanna be BS. I'm sorry but we have been welcoming people throughout the entirety of our existence, it is part of the American project, and it is a part of our strength, not our weakness nor downfall. My family were the ones told 'no Irish need apply' and now you want me to tell someone else's family off and that they aren't wanted? My family fled eastern europe for their lives b…
How do you explain the election of Trump, and the quite possible re-election of him? It seems that only about half of Americans fit your description these days.