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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 Sukotto »

tsuyoshi wrote: post #304
Sukotto wrote: post #301

Hi Peter I'm late to the party. Posting on the off chance that you are still around. Any reply appreciated, even a couple of words. Question: How should I think about entering the US and gaining permission to work? Background: Canadian citizen, married to a (naturalized) US citizen (10+ years, kids), and am the breadwinner in our family. Worked on System Analyst TN1 for 5+ years, switched to H1B until the renewals ra…

Your wife could move to the US, get even a minimum wage job, and sponsor you for an IR-1. This would require living apart for probably at least a year. Or, if she has any family or friends in the US, they can sponsor you. This is what I did for my wife's visa - my brother sponsored her. Or, if you have some savings, you can use that instead of income. Savings counts 1/3 as much as income. Or... you really should not…

Thank you for your suggestion tsuyoshi.

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

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Post by maerF0x0 »

pm90 wrote: post #311
maerF0x0 wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also A general followup. What is the recommended path to GC for a current holder of an H1B? Full 6 years first, or try and find I-140 immediately? another path?

Definitely start it right away. In fact, my recruiter friends mentioned that some companies are unwilling to hire H1B workers who have no GC sponsorship started and less than 2 years left in total.

So I would need to find a company willing to do that for me? It seems like where I'm at now is not willing to work on GCs.

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

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Post by redmaple »

kobeya wrote: post #92
arikr wrote: post #56

I feel unwelcome and uncomfortable when I enter the US on a Visa. The things I've seen border agents say make me feel like many border agents would love to find an excuse to deny anyone entry. Is there any solution to this, or do I just need to accept that it's a part of it?

I am a US citizen and I feel unwelcome and uncomfortable when I interact with border guards. I know you all have it worse and I have rights that you do not, but I just want to let you know that it is a systemic problem not limited to immigrants. It's rooted, I think, in the power-trippy "respect my authority" culture that has permeated all American law enforcement.

> I have rights that you do not

AFAIK your rights as a citizen don't apply at the border.

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

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Post by kobeya »

redmaple wrote: post #333
kobeya wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a US citizen and I feel unwelcome and uncomfortable when I interact with border guards. I know you all have it worse and I have rights that you do not, but I just want to let you know that it is a systemic problem not limited to immigrants. It's rooted, I think, in the power-trippy "respect my authority" culture that has permeated all American law enforcement.

> I have rights that you do not AFAIK your rights as a citizen don't apply at the border.

A US citizen cannot be denied entry. Your stuff can be, you can be stripped naked and cavity searched, ruthlessly interrogated, humiliated, temporarily detained, and generally treated without even a hint of human dignity. But they can't keep you from entering the country, eventually. This has been established by supreme court precedent.

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

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Post by marymkearney »

Many thanks to YC / HN for sponsoring this, to Peter for all the insightful answers, and to all the thoughtful questioners. Lots of good stuff here on a topic that's more important than ever. Who knew how drastically this would all change over the past year?

I'm late to the party, but I'm sponsoring an evergreen AMA on my own site for questions about O-1 and EB-1A "extraordinary ability" visas. I'm a specialist in this area (non-practicing attorney), and I'm working to disseminate practical how-to's on this topic as widely as possible.

I welcome your additional questions on extraordinary ability. More and more, it's becoming the go-to visa for makers and entrepreneurs, since there are few other US immigration alternatives at present.

Look forward to seeing you there. AMA!

http://visabuilder.com/blog/ama

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