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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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I am a Canadian technical writer who is also a programmer and a graphic designer. Is it easier for me to work in the states through a TN visa (which specifically mentions technical writers)? I've never tried looking in the US but I've always wondered if that would help ease some of the visa issues.

The TN visa does not have a lottery, unlike the H1-B. It also comes out much faster.

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

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Is Trump’s plan to bring merit-based immigration going to affect country-based quotas?

The RAISE act doesn’t touch country quotas for employment based Green Cards.

In fact on my reading it implements a cap for spouses and children for family based immigration.

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

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Does the current COVID restrictions/situation, present a challenge to justify someone's re-entry into the US for work, as employees can technically 'work from home' which is technically possible from abroad? (Asking as a TN holder, Mexican national, visa sticker valid for various months still). Planning to travel to be back in (flying, commercial), to reduce uncertainty and be ready for an eventual return to office,…

Your ability to reenter on your valid TN shouldn't be impacted by your time outside the U.S. even if extensive; you might just need to provide proof that your employment in the U.S. still exists when you return.

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I had my O1 application approved by USCIS in early March. I still haven't been able to visit the US embassy here in Sweden for the final interview - they've shut down processing non-immigrantion visas due to COVID. Any idea when US embassies will open up again?

No one really knows; appointments continue to be rescheduled and then cancelled. Some Consulates are granting emergency appointments to those whose interviews were scheduled before the Consulates closed.

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How do you justify being an American whose work entierly revolves around taking jobs that Americans could have fulfilled and trying to give them to people who are not citizens, did not grow up here, and see America as nothing less than an institution they can use to get ahead?

What is sad about this comment is how the author define and American. USA is a country that is built by immigrant (I am not talking about the CEO of big tech companies, I am talking about your grand-grand parents who came here a few generations ago) How do you justify the people who let you ancestors to immigrate there being Americans whose work... (replace the rest with your own comment!)

50% of the US population came from the original founding stock of the country in 1990. America was not made great immigrants it was made great by British (plus some European) settlers that spoke English and followed Protestant Christian values.

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On H1/H1-B. What are the options for starting a company?

There's no pure entrepreneurial visa in the U.S. system and self-employment is generally prohibited with limited exceptions. The closest to an entrepreneurial visa are the E-1, E-2, and O-1.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is sad about this comment is how the author define and American. USA is a country that is built by immigrant (I am not talking about the CEO of big tech companies, I am talking about your grand-grand parents who came here a few generations ago) How do you justify the people who let you ancestors to immigrate there being Americans whose work... (replace the rest with your own comment!)

50% of the US population came from the original founding stock of the country in 1990. America was not made great immigrants it was made great by British (plus some European) settlers that spoke English and followed Protestant Christian values.

50% isnt even a majority, assuming this is a real statistic and not something pulled out of your ass.

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Sure, that will be great. How to email you?

I believe that this can be obtained from Hacker News.

I am emailing you about this same topic - I just don't want it to look like spam.
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