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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 proberts »

virde wrote: post #228

Hi, thanks for doing this. Does having a special international tier status visa like a tier1 visa in the UK followed by a British Citizenship, help with getting an O1 visa in the US? Tier1 visa is pretty much the the UK equivalent of the O1 with a pretty comprehensive proof process.

There's no connection between the two - that is, no deference is given to those with a Tier 1 visa - but often those who qualify for a Tier 1 visa also qualify for an O-1 visa and - most importantly from my perspective - the Tier 1 paperwork can be reused to support an O-1 petition.

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

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Post by proberts »

alanlammiman wrote: post #221

Do EB-5 investor visas work well in practice for those looking to start a business in the US? Looking at the rules it would appear to be straightforward as long as you have the capital -invest $1.8M and employ 10 people. It there a catch other than the amount of the investment that makes it hard in practice?

They do work well; there's just a significant backlog.

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Post by proberts »

Grayhornet0101 wrote: post #254

Hi Peter Roberts, I am henry from Nigeria with a wide fascination for building real world stuffs but do not how, for now I am about to learn Lisp since Paul graham recommend it for building things fast. Do you think my path is the right path

Do you mean the right path for getting a US work visa?

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Post by soneca »

onn_h1b1 wrote: post #211
soneca wrote: post #198

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Thanks, makes sense. On my side is all good. I formed a company to export services. But that’s why I wonder why more companies don’t do this

What did paperwork did you have to do to form a company to export services? Is it possible to just export services as a sole proprietor without forming a company?

I think it depends on your country. Also I am not sure how well legal terms translate. I am in Brazil, so I created what I would call a ”sole proprietor company” that can export services.

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Post by villnn »

onn_h1b1 wrote: post #231
villnn wrote: post #229

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No it's the other way around. First I was granted DACA then I did advance parole and obtained a legal entry.

Ok that makes sense now. How did you obtain legal entry after the advanced parole? Which countries are eligible for DACA or is it totally open for people from any country in the world?

So with advanced parole you are given a permit to leave the country and come back legally thus making a "legal entry". DACA from my knowledge is available to any nationality as long as the requirements are met which I think include being present in the country before 18 birthday. So you should definitely research DACA if you think you're eligible but I'm also not sure if they are still accepting applications...

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Post by kelnos »

Grayhornet0101 wrote: post #254

Hi Peter Roberts, I am henry from Nigeria with a wide fascination for building real world stuffs but do not how, for now I am about to learn Lisp since Paul graham recommend it for building things fast. Do you think my path is the right path

This isn't really a question for an immigration lawyer.

My opinion would be that no, it's probably not the right path. Lisp isn't used much in industry at all. You'd be much better served by learning something more mainstream like Python, Ruby, or Go. Depending on your interests, Java could be a good choice as well, if you think you'd enjoy working at a larger, more "enterprisey" company.

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Post by OJFord »

proberts wrote: post #78
eb1-qun wrote: post #63

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Is there any documentation you'd be able to point to about how to structure this? Not the OP but in a similar boat. Or would you recommend reaching out to an attorney to do this instead?

Really the latter because what's out there is just too general to be really helpful.

IANAL but could you not just base the business and get paid in the home country? Surely even if US taxes on worldwide income it's just that, tax, not any sort of 'unauthorised US work violation'?

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Post by eslaught »

onn_h1b1 wrote: post #236

Hi Peter Are you able to see these comments with questions or are they not visible for your account? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203387 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203998 Because this is a new account and it looks like comments from this account need to be app…

I can see your comment(s).

I don't think there is an approval process for new accounts.

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