What is the typical route for Canadians to work in the US tech sector?
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
#12I have a friend who is a foreigner, and is in a master's CS degree program in the US. He's married to an American woman as of a few months ago.
What is the reasonable amount of time it should take for him to be able to get a green card and work here in the US?
And is there something he can do to help expedite any process(es) (maybe not a greencard?) so he can legally work and support himself and his new family?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
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#14How much do you expect to fight the government in the next 4 years?
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#15How viable is the effort to overturn birthright citizenship?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#16What are potential challenges to getting an employment-sponsored EB2 visa, as an EU citizen with a Master's degree and more than 5 years of relevant work experience?
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#17As an EU citizen, what are my chances of being able to get a visa if hired by an American company?
What industry, size of company, and role(s) are you targeting?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#18Can you describe the changes that we are anticipated to see as a result of the change in the administration?
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#19A few questions regarding the EB-5 visa. Is this still a realistic path to a green card, and if so, how complicated is the process if you want to take the targeted economic area route through a regional center? Do the investments through a regional center usually persist, or in other words, how high is the risk of the underlying business going bankrupt based on real experiences? There's plenty of articles about all of this online of course, but would be interested in hearing any first hand experience you might have.
Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#20I've been really curious about the economics of US immigration for foreign workers in information work (software, data, etc).
What are the primary drivers of someone wanting to immigrate to the US vs working remotely, and on the corporate side what is the incentive to sponsor immigration with great outsourcing available? Obv. Hardware or physical professions are NOT the same. Personally, I'm happy to move for work, but many people seem reluctant to leaving their family, friends, and life for a job. How much of a factor does signaling play into it in your opinion? How much of a factor do business conditions in the United States impact things?