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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 llaolleh »

I hear so many complaints about immigration. People who should have built great technology in the U.S. left because the system sucked.

What are some things someone like me, an engineer, can do to encourage the government to change the immigration process?

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

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Post by nixgeek »

miklosz wrote: post #24

Is there any way to "reactivate" expired green card? It expired 8 years ago as due family reasons I needed to live abroad.

Depending on the exact circumstances you might be able to try the SB-1 route, otherwise no, you are essentially starting over.

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

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Post by proberts »

jason2323 wrote: post #5

What options does an Indian engineer stuck in the green card backlog have? Do they perpetually continue renewing their H1-B? Does this mean that they are somewhat limited in terms of being able to switch jobs?

It depends on where you are in the green card process. If you are somehow in the last stage, with a pending I-485 application, you do have job flexibility (known as portability). Short of that, the only way to get out of this awful loop is to pursue a self-sponsored EB1A green card, but the standard is high as you probably know.

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

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Post by robertlagrant »

conqrr wrote: post #4

Thanks for doing this! Can a person on H1b work remotely in the US for their own company outside the US? They'd pay taxes on any international income. Also what if they didn't work but own the company and receive income?

My (non-proberts) understanding is that H-1B is for US employers to bring in specific individuals because their skills are hard to find in the US. If I've understood you correctly, your scenario isn't relevant to that.

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

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Post by msis »

Hi Peter, I've got an EB-1A (August 2018 approved in September 2018) and NIW (November 2018 approved in January 2020) petitions approved, and yet I haven't gotten my adjustment of status issued. The adjustment of status was filed with the NIW in Nov. 2018. I didn't file an adjustment of status for the EB-1A because the priority date wasn't current. Is there anything I can do to get anything issued? I've followed up regularly until I was told to stop calling...

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

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Post by proberts »

llaolleh wrote: post #61

I hear so many complaints about immigration. People who should have built great technology in the U.S. left because the system sucked. What are some things someone like me, an engineer, can do to encourage the government to change the immigration process?

Somehow convince them that immigration is great for the economy (and I feel for our overall culture and society as well) through the creation of companies and jobs and the application of advanced knowledge and skills.

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

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Post by sb12345 »

Hi Peter, Do you have any statistics on success rate of Entrepreneur Parole? I am currently in USA on H1B visa and planning to leave my current job to join my startup full time. I got commitments of around $500K from a pre-seed VC and a few angels. I am exploring if Entrepreneur Parole or O1 is the right option for me.
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