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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

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Post by Frummy »

proberts wrote: post #183
Frummy wrote: post #134

As a young cobol developer for a bank in sweden, how could I live and work in the US?

There primary paths would be via the H-1B or the L-1. Both require employer sponsorship and the former requires selection in an annual lottery (with a low chance of getting selected unfortunately) and the latter requires employment for at least one year by an entity related to the employing U.S. entity. Another option is to get a graduate degree in the U.S. and after you graduate, you would get 3 years of work author…

Cool, thanks! They did mention that they have a branch in New York, so L-1 will be my path.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by proberts »

codepoet80 wrote: post #122
proberts wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EB1A and NIW?

Thanks for the follow-up, just checked, its an EB-2

We're seeing really fast adjudications of NIW petitions right now (in 3-6 months) so (unless you are from a backlogged country like India or China) you could get your green card in less than one year. But historically, close to 18+ months.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by santi_panti »

Hey, I got my H1-B a long time ago (more than 6 years). I only used it for like 6 months. I still have my I-94. If I tried to get a job in the states again, would I have to be counted against the cap once more or could I just use my unused time? I read this previously but I'm not sure if it's up to date: https://redbus2us.com/apply-h1b-after-6-years-to-recapture-u....

If I could, how long would I have to use that unused time? Also, if I changed nationality, would I lose it?

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by santi_panti »

santi_panti wrote: post #193

Hey, I got my H1-B a long time ago (more than 6 years). I only used it for like 6 months. I still have my I-94. If I tried to get a job in the states again, would I have to be counted against the cap once more or could I just use my unused time? I read this previously but I'm not sure if it's up to date: https://redbus2us.com/apply-h1b-after-6-years-to-recapture-u... . If I could, how long would I have to use that un…

Also, thanks for doing this, I think this is the second time I've seen you do it and all the questions and answers are very interesting.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by proberts »

bagels wrote: post #78

Peter, what are some common mistakes you see early founders making?

I'm not a businessperson so I'm not really in a position to comment but from my limited perspective (and I'm as guilty as anyone) is not putting in place strong non-revenue generating processes and infrastructure early on, such as human resources and operations.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by Scoundreller »

Canadian working in health care IT here, along with a clinical license (kinda a hybrid role).

As I understand it, a US non-profit hospital could relatively easily hire me under h1b (no caps for non-profits), or via TN1 through the clinical license if the position requires that.

But to get that clinical license usually requires internship hours/tests in the licensing state.

How does that work for TN? Would they hire as a physiotherapist student or intern and TN would be granted to move and work with that? And I guess I would want to get fully licensed by time of TN renewal?

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by proberts »

elonzo wrote: post #94

Hi, my family long time thinked about coming to united states from south america, my son already did many years ago but I think he in prison now, can you help get me and family to united states and give greencard? Thanks

You should contact me separately because this will require a long conversation and detailed fact finding.

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by WrtCdEvrydy »

proberts wrote: post #189
WrtCdEvrydy wrote: post #32

Ohhh, I asked a question last time on what technologists can do to help out and I'll ask it again. What can technologists do to help out the legal field, specifically in immigration land?

Do you mean to improve/automate the immigration process?

Yeah, I had a lawyer buddy a long time ago tell me sometimes there's not a lot of improvement of technology coming down to the legal field because the overlap on "tech nerd" and "legal scholar" is kinda not there.

Is there something missing in the legal field that makes you think "this is 2022, this should be easier"?

Re: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

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Post by whycombinetor »

xhkkffbf wrote: post #40

Quoted post unavailable.

I'm struggling to follow what immigration has to do with discrimination against US-born individuals. Is the connection because, without the broader pool of applicants available through visa programs, companies would be forced to hire an increased amount of US-born people who wouldn't otherwise have been hired, some of whom would have been potentially not hired due to discrimination? If anything, my discrimination meter would go in the other direction, that when a company explicitly doesn't sponsor any visas, they would be discriminating against non-US-born individuals.
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