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It's not that simple. You need to have been a manager outside of the US for 1 year, apply and get approved for L1C visa, enter the country on that and then once in the US apply under EB1C. All the time maintaining legal status.
It's trivial compared to waiting 15 years for your EB-2 to be processed.
Congrats OP! I'm trying to choose my words carefully, because I don't want to give the wrong impression: 1. I think it's great that OP got the visa, and it's clear (at least to me) that we should be attracting entrepreneurial types like OP to start businesses in the US. I also understand that our immigration system is hopelessly broken, and oftentimes the best one can hope to do is "hack" the system. So I commend you…
On the other hand, a lot of O-1 visas are given to models. https://www.wildeslaw.com/services/immigration/o-1-visas-for...
My lawyers originally described this category as "for internationally recognized people such as Nobel prize winners". That seemed a bit out of my league. But they issue 13k O-1 visas per year, so it's really the top (in some sense) 13k people who want to immigrate to the US each year. So I applied and got it.
The annoying part is that it demands legible recognitions: awards the immigration officers have heard of, and recommendation letters from people with Titles in Organizations they've heard of. But they seem to know something about the STEM world. They know about the International Math/Physics/Chemistry Olympiads, and the ACM Programming Contest, good universities, and reputable tech investors.
If I can offer a tip, it's the following. You know what's impressive in the STEM field. The immigration officer also has some experience of what's impressive. Your lawyer has the least idea of the 3 of you. So don't be diffident or self-deprecating with your lawyer! You have to tell them what you've accomplished and how notable each thing is.
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When I read "the immigration system is broken," I don't think of the arduous process of filing paperwork. I highly doubt GP was whining about the difficult and time-consuming process of filling out reams of paperwork, especially considering the context of the rest of their post where they talked about exploiting loopholes and the letter of the law to abuse the system. Context is important! No matter how high your hor…
>especially considering the context of the rest of their post where they talked about exploiting loopholes and the letter of the law to abuse the system. I didn't read the original post that way. If the poster stayed within the rules and—more importantly—immigration officials agreed with his interpretation of the rules, who am I to gainsay their decisions? To put another way, this is why my response was to hn_throwaw…
[1] https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/who-we-are/1951-refugee-co...
> May 2022 - Left my SWE job at Wave and incorporated my own startup called Path (a Delaware C corp) I was permitted to remain in the USA, since I was not employed by Path yet. My understanding is that it is permissible to do exploratory work on a new startup as long as you are not employed by that startup, and your previous visa has not expired. It was during this time that my cofounder and I raised money for Path.…
O1 isn’t that hard with a good immigration lawyer. It’s about checking boxes, not extraordinary talent.
You are very much mistaken. I have seen someone go through this and it is very hard. You need to prove your contributions to an area of interest to the US, and that it meets the extraordinary qualification. It is ok to not know but maybe dont make such statements.
Sorry but the definition of extraordinary qualification is very capricious to make the claim about it being "hard" a bit meaningless. There are a lot of factors, but it isn't necessarily hard to obtain.
I find it insane that people think it's a good idea to flaunt how they got these things. Good for OP that he gamed the system, I have no ill-will for him. But the smart thing to do would be to keep quiet and enjoy the legal status, not write a blogpost showing how flimsily it was obtained. If I were the USCIS I'd see this as a sign that this whole visa application was made in bad faith.
Congrats OP! I'm trying to choose my words carefully, because I don't want to give the wrong impression: 1. I think it's great that OP got the visa, and it's clear (at least to me) that we should be attracting entrepreneurial types like OP to start businesses in the US. I also understand that our immigration system is hopelessly broken, and oftentimes the best one can hope to do is "hack" the system. So I commend you…
>I also understand that our immigration system is hopelessly broken, and oftentimes the best one can hope to do is "hack" the system. Just because something is difficult/time-consuming != "hopelessly broken". (No, kids, the Reason magazine "What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand?" flowchart is not ipso facto proof of this, either.) There is no obligation for the US, or any country, to turn something as i…
I find it insane that people think it's a good idea to flaunt how they got these things. Good for OP that he gamed the system, I have no ill-will for him. But the smart thing to do would be to keep quiet and enjoy the legal status, not write a blogpost showing how flimsily it was obtained. If I were the USCIS I'd see this as a sign that this whole visa application was made in bad faith.
There's a difference in flaunting and explaining or sharing. They've just laid out the steps they took in a clear manner and provided information about it all, assuming it might help other people in the same situation. They're not saying something like "I cheated the system and here's how" or "Look at how smart I am because of what I did".
I'm surprised the US requirements would be so low as to accept a $100k investment as an award.
For most people, this is probably not the way to go, we were using it as a potential last resort.