Is there any possibility that the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 ( https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/392/... ) would see the light of day anytime soon? This act would eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based green card petitions. Also, what would be the implications if this bill does become law?
Although this bill has large number of co-sponsors from both sides (D-163, R-139), I'm not very hopeful. The same bill (HR 3012) passed house in 2011 (Y-389, N-15) but died quietly in the Senate subcommittee. Despite all the rhetoric and name-calling, neither party seems genuinely interested in immigration reform.
Hi Peter, Thank you so much for taking the time and helping us out.
I am on H1B with I-140 approved under the EB2 category. My priority date is in the year 2013 which means it will be current by the year 2025.
Is there a way to move from Eb2 to Eb1 category? You mentioned a couple of options regarding journal/conference work. I want to learn more about it and explore these options.
I don't know where I can find the answer to this question but I guess it's academic since I am a visiting research scholar here at UC Berkeley.
Based on my experience in almost the exact scenario (different University), you'll have to get a new visa, as I did for my internship(s).
There are a few programs under the J-1 visa. You are most likely in a long-term scholar or a short-term scholar program, and want to switch to an internship program.
I live in the US (green card) and I founded a US company with someone who lives in the UK. Currently, I take care of development in the US and he takes care of sales, which are mostly in the UK at the moment. We are also both directors of a UK subsidiary.
What would be good options for enabling him (and his dependents) to move to the US once we expand our customer base? We have been looking into the L visa for intra-company transfer. Does that seem reasonable? Are there other options for a young company with relatively small revenue and no outside investment?
What do you think of the current situation of (ex-)DACA recipients? Do you think the tech industry in general would benefit legalizing those "dreamers"?
I'm currently a DACA recipient. I got my DACA 4 1/2 years ago. In those four years I went from no job, to a full-time developer, to a CTO of a multi-million dollar company that oversees a team of 9 developers. Our company went from 9 employees to over 40 in that amount of time.
There are so many similar cases of DACA recipients flourishing. Many are devs or designers having a tremendous impact in tech, and many more are entrepreneurs.
We, Dreamers, have been waiting for 20+ years for an opportunity like DACA that allows us to show the US what we're made of and that we really are no different. We just need to be given a chance to be productive and help pay back for the marvelous opportunities we've been given.
I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to legally pay taxes. It's a weird feeling but it's fantastic!
I currently have DACA with no way to adjust status. I'm married to a US citizen (however no valid proof of entry), are there are ways to adjust status without leaving the US. Perhaps with a sizable investment/stake in a company in the US?
Here's the PDF if you want to crunch the numbers: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Re... This is FY 2011-2012, not sure if there are more recent PDFs.
We can go for the raw data. https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/performancedata.cfm#... 170+ MB .xlsx. Tried doing some stuff with it on a 12 core 64 GB RAM workstation. Took way too long and LibreOffice crashed a few times. Google Sheets doesn't want to touch it even.
Wait, I'm confused... not the OP but if this guy is coding for this business (the one he doesn't have an H1B for), I thought it didn't matter if he was getting paid or not. This is "productive work" right? As in, it has value so is problematic. Or do I misunderstand the rules?
In the spirit of the law/regulation that's even worse: as an immigrant without permit to do that, he'd provide unpaid labor undermining ability of other people compete for this job.
Edit: of course IANAL. And in other words, as I understand it, work permits limit strictly to what extent can you affect competition in the country (H1b - only one FT job position). And by filling in vacuum of required labour somewhere else you definitely affect it negatively.
I am a US citizen, and was born abroad, and live in the EU. I've never lived in the US, nor worked there for a single day of my life. As such, I've never filed income in the states. I never got asked to do so, either.
Due to IRS regulation i currently am in tax noncompliance and on the potential hook for what i guess something like 200K in penalties. I work in IT and my dream is to work in the bay area eventually, but I do not see the point of spending ~2k in paperwork to go through the "streamlined procedure" to bring myself into compliance, and then to be liable to report all my income a lifelong and potentially pay taxes in the US as well as i make more than 100k gross/yr. I don't want to move to the US forever, but maybe a few months here and there would be nice. The opportunity cost of doing that is astronomical, though, if i factor in a lifetime of added accounting costs and additional taxes, just for a few months of time spent in an area.
Is there anything I can do to make this happen, but not have to hemorrage money? How can i legally work in the US without having to oblige myself to a lifetime of IRS bullshit? I already pay 52% taxes in my country of residence. Any non-US resident who was born abroad is pretty much in my same boat.