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

Time for another AMA. Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

I'll be here for the next 2.5 hours and then again at around noon for another 2.5 hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible I'd like to focus on the meaning and impact of the State Department's latest (October) Visa Bulletin. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers!

Do you have any thoughts on how the October bulletin might affect folks on cap-exempt visas? (non-profits, academia etc)

Hi! My co-founder and I are thinking about incorporating a startup in the US. I'm American but my co-founder is Canadian. We've looked at options under NAFTA / TN visa and others, but that doesn't seem to apply to startup founders. We're also flexible on structure, and leaning on an LLC taxed as S-Corp to make it easy for us for filing. We are a research-based startup and are planning to apply for NSF SBIRs (so we need to be 51% US-owned) and not necessarily raise money at the start. Do you have any thoughts on our case? Or do we need to go the H1-B route for her as a co-founder?

Thank you in advance!

Hi Peter! If YC accepts a company from a south asian country like India and the founders decide to relocate their company to the US, what does the visa/immigration process look like for them?

We just hired someone with an h1b that was approved in premium processing in June. How likely is he to be able to come in January? He currently lives in Ukraine and will need to do his embassy appointment there.

Thank you for doing these Peter!