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Oh, you play videogames professionally? Have a Visa!
Oh, you are starting a business? Our economy's bad, but we like it that way. Starting a business might change that. Why don't you learn to play League of Legends or become a fashion model and then try again?
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Interesting. So if you decide to immigrate with B1, you have to do so illegally, right? And in this case your only option is blue collar jobs. But someone with enough knowledge and skills who is able to get into some accelerator program obviously won't go for these kind of jobs... But in case if it is possible to legally immigrate with B1, then what's the problem?
If you decide to immigrate with a B1, you generally have to return home first and apply for an immigrant visa, unless you fall into a category whereby you can immediately file for an Adjustment of Status (which is almost certain to cause red flags to go up at USCIS). There are certain visa classes that are considered "dual-intent"[1], meaning that you can have the intent to immigrate while obtaining a formally non-im…
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If you decide to immigrate with a B1, you generally have to return home first and apply for an immigrant visa, unless you fall into a category whereby you can immediately file for an Adjustment of Status (which is almost certain to cause red flags to go up at USCIS). There are certain visa classes that are considered "dual-intent"[1], meaning that you can have the intent to immigrate while obtaining a formally non-im…
I was asking about the concern of immigration officer - why should they have this presumption if you're, say, an experienced software engineer or similarly high skilled educated professional. Nobody with these skillset are going to stay somewhere illegally and work [without permit] in "dirty"/heavy job space.
You're right in the sense that it would be hard to get a normal 9-5 job without a visa/SSN but you're dismissing a huge number of alternative routes to income which wouldn't even depend on the person's physically being in the US (e.g. open a Google Developer account as if you were still in your home country, pay taxes there, but do it all from the US).
Plus your assumption that developers are "above" working in blue collar jobs is flawed. There are tons of fully certified Indian doctors working blue collar jobs abroad right now, developers are no better.
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I was asking about the concern of immigration officer - why should they have this presumption if you're, say, an experienced software engineer or similarly high skilled educated professional. Nobody with these skillset are going to stay somewhere illegally and work [without permit] in "dirty"/heavy job space.
A software engineer could trivially illegally migrate to the US and then make money via their trade (e.g. freelance development work, app sales, pretty much anything online, telecommuting abroad). You're right in the sense that it would be hard to get a normal 9-5 job without a visa/SSN but you're dismissing a huge number of alternative routes to income which wouldn't even depend on the person's physically being in t…
But in your first sentences, you describe quite self-sufficient/sustained person - who "steals" nothing from US people. He/she even contributes to US economy by living there - paying rent, eating food, etc... plus not using US social system. So why such person is not welcome then?
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A software engineer could trivially illegally migrate to the US and then make money via their trade (e.g. freelance development work, app sales, pretty much anything online, telecommuting abroad). You're right in the sense that it would be hard to get a normal 9-5 job without a visa/SSN but you're dismissing a huge number of alternative routes to income which wouldn't even depend on the person's physically being in t…
OK, refusing a visa because of your last sentences makes sense - i.e. to prevent you from "stealing" blue collar jobs from US citizens. But in your first sentences, you describe quite self-sufficient/sustained person - who "steals" nothing from US people. He/she even contributes to US economy by living there - paying rent, eating food, etc... plus not using US social system. So why such person is not welcome then?
The way the current US visa system is structured self-sustainability isn't really their primary motivator, the primary motivator seems closer to "just keep everyone out UNLESS they provide enough value to US society as a whole" (e.g. people with high sought after skills or qualifications).
a) attending meetings, b) Solicit sales or investment c) Make investments or purchases d) Interview or hire staff, etc etc.
As you can see the line is very thin between whats allowed and whats not.
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Even if your country is a participant in the VWP program, once you got denied a visa you're no longer eligible for entry under the VWP
This is not true.
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This is not true.
Please don't provide advice on things you're not sure of such as the VWP. http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-wai... look under "Previous Compliance and No Prior Visa Ineligibilities"
I also helped bring in the rest of my team under B1 and E3 visas, including one team member who was at one point flagged by CBP and had to re-enter under the B1 rather than the VWP.
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Please don't provide advice on things you're not sure of such as the VWP. http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-wai... look under "Previous Compliance and No Prior Visa Ineligibilities"
Please don't assume I'm unsure of it, I am speaking from my own experience as a foreign founder who travelled to the U.S last year, including 3 separate entries at 3 different airports under the Visa waiver program after a B1/B2 refusal. I also helped bring in the rest of my team under B1 and E3 visas, including one team member who was at one point flagged by CBP and had to re-enter under the B1 rather than the VWP.