Without necessarily naming the company/actors:
- What is the most messed up scenario that you have seen where a founder got ripped off?
- What about the other way around?
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
#222Re: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#223Hi Peter, thanks for answering questions!
Could you please comment about changing employer after obtaining employment-based Green Card?
It's considered to be safe to work for current employer for at least 6 months after getting GC. However there is no such legal requirement and there's the AC21 Act. Also I've heard about 2-year period after getting GC: if applicant worked less than 2 years for sponsored employer, he/she should prove his intent to work permanently. After 2 years USCIS should prove lack of intent.
However it's still looks like a grey area.
Thanks
Re: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#224If someone has:
- a full-time job in a foreign country (say, Germany) that sends him in the US on a 2 months mission,
- a part-time job in the US (1 day per week), which let him work from Germany but also in the US under a part-time O1 visa (accepted).
How should that person enter the US for the 2 months trip? Under an VISA waiver B or O1 part-time?
Thank you so much for your time.
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#225Is there a firm near Mountain View you would recommend to consult about specific cases? I am an American citizen considering marrying a foreign national who has a F-1 visa and would like to know more about the process of applying for permanent residency.
If you don't have any weird issues like divorces, children from other marriages etc. to worry about then the process is quite straightforward and you may not require a lawyer if you just follow what the USCIS website asks you to do.
That's what I've heard, but I just want to check some of my assumptions.
Re: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#226hi Peter,
I am on a L-1 visa. Is there any law against sub-letting my rental i.e. can I receive any income other than my job, when on a L1 visa. Thanks for your help.
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#227Earlier quoted context omitted.
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also, can one apply for Green card lottery while they are on TN visa?
Not a lawyer, eligibility is based upon being born in a country with low immigration to the US. I neither Canada nor Mexico qualify although I can't find the exact list right now.
Re: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#228Hi Peter, Thanks for fielding these questions! Do you think Trump will revoke the H4 EAD rule? If he does, how long would it take ?
Thanks, Srini
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#229Hi, I received a full-time offer to work as a software engineer at a company in the Bay Area after my graduation in May 2018. They are willing to sponsor my H-1B, but I am also looking into other options in case I don't get it.
Now, I am an undergraduate student in the UK. I am also finalizing the contract with the same company for remote part-time work (20 hours/week) during my final academic year (around 9 months of work). I would be on the EU Payroll of the same company.
Could this remote part-time work count for a L-1 visa?
Thanks
Re: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
#230Are there legal ways to be hired as remote worker for a company that only has operations in the US and live/work from another country? Edit: As a Non-Us citizen.
There are no legal barriers for this but few companies hire outside US.