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Startups and immigration

77 points by nnd 10y ago

adamnemecek 10y ago
The post doesn't mention the Green card diversity lotery. It's a long shot and like don't rely on it but the odds are slightly higher than zero. I got it on my third try, my friend on the first.
- snicky 10y ago
  Don't know where you guys come from, but I think you were incredibly lucky. If I remember correctly, the probability of getting one in my country was around 2%. I tried 5 or 6 times already, a couple of times together with my wife (who is from another country) and we haven't been that lucky.
  - adamnemecek 10y ago
    It's roughly two percent everywhere. And yeah, not denying that we got pretty lucky.
  - dusanbab 10y ago
    Ok so it's not just me then :) Yes, country of nationality does make a difference to DV lottery.
- chrisper 10y ago
  I played it like 4 times now and still haven't won it :( Maybe it's meant to be like that!
  - adamnemecek 10y ago
    I know that feeling all too well :-|.
- neeleshs 10y ago
  Diversity lottery is not available for India, China and some others. Isn't the eb2 category for rest if the countries pretty much current? Working on an h1b for a year or two for any company should be enough time to get a greencard.
nul_byte 10y ago
I can't be done with doing a 'lottery' to work in the US. I got offered a senior position (distinguished engineer) with a large San Jose networking vendor, and looking into the H-1B circus put me off. Perhaps when I was freshly graduated I might have tolerated it, but as someone with a family and lots of very good opportunities already here in Europe (and being able to re-locate with minimal fuss to another EU country (unless we vote ourselves out)), its a nobrainer to stay here. Add to that the whole potential deportation if you were to lose your job, and an average family home in the valley costing well above $1 million, nah, I think I will leave it thanks. I guess the above is why so few Europeans comes to the US now, and 88% of H-1B's are from India.
- raverbashing 10y ago
  > and 88% of H-1B's are from India. I'm sure Tata abusing the system has nothing to do with it
  - smnscu 10y ago
    That indeed is the problem, not the system itself. (if you want to continue with the cheap sarcasm) I see this pattern so many times in the US, blaming parties involved instead of the original wrongdoers (e.g. "Facebook and Google are so evil", yet the NSA and USG are out of the argument completely). That even a fairly educated crowd such as the one on HN falls for these cheap tactics is a great proof that in fact this technique works great for manipulating masses of people. (bonus example: the broken bipartisan and electoral college systems – all the talk is about how horrible Hillary and Trump are, instead of maybe taking steps to fixing the system itself | bonus video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k)
    - raverbashing 10y ago
      I fail to see your point, though of course the abuse is allowed by the system. Compare numbers of H1Bs in relation to number of employees and see how Tata compares with others Not to mention most "Java engineers" are a dime a dozen
bonobo3000 10y ago
This also doesn't mention the horrible inflexibility of the H-1B once you have it. Once on an H-1B, you literally have ZERO days of unemployment between jobs. If you are fired, laid-off, or leave your job for any reason at all (say health reasons), you technically are out of status and can be deported at any minute. There is an unofficial grace period of about 30 days, which is really not enough to do any kind of a decent job search (and its unofficial, so technically you could be deported at any minute). So the only realistic avenue for H-1Bs is to find a job before leaving the current one - works for most people, but again, if you are laid-off or need to take time off for any reason, its simply not an option. Its a horrible system.
- nul_byte 10y ago
  I did not mention it, in my other comment, but that was another key aspect which put me off. When I was single I could have gone along with it reluctantly, as worst case I could come back home and sleep on a couch of a friend if needed, but now that I have a family dependent on me, no way.
- Bromskloss 10y ago
  Isn't that the idea, though, that if I go to America to work under an H-1B, I go home once the employment ends?
  - raverbashing 10y ago
    Not necessarily H1-B is a dual intent visa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa#H-1B_and_path_to_permanent_residency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa#H-1B_and_path_to_per...
- dominotw 10y ago
  Not to mention, You have to go out of the country to get your visa stamped every 3 yrs. Its nerve-racking to say the least. The guy in front of me at the line in american consulate in Ottawa was begging "visa officer" saying 'I have a house. I need to go back and sell all of it and move my kids', not quite sure what exactly transpired but I got a feeling this was not an uncommon occurrence. I had friends you were stuck in Mexico for 3 months for some kind of 'verification' and consequently lost their jobs. What decent person would put up with this humiliation uless you are from a really horrid country that you don't want to go back to.
dineshp2 10y ago
The Startup Visa[1] is designed to tackle the issue of visas specifically for founders of startups rather than having founders jump through hoops to fit into the existing visa categories. Even though it enjoys bi-partisan support, it seems to get stuck in various committees every time it's introduced in Senate and left to expire. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Visa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Visa
sandworm101 10y ago
>> The research also found that among the billion-dollar startup companies, they have collectively created more than 65,000 jobs. Immigrants clearly play a significant role in job creation, entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem in the U.S. Can we please get over this idea that founders conjure jobs out of thin air. Startups and the jobs they create fill a niche in the economy. That niche is the product of the wider world, not the whim of a founder. Even where a startup does create apparently "new" jobs, they often result in other jobs disappearing elsewhere (see uber v. taxis). Bringing in foreign investment is great. But we don't need to treat well-funded founders as a special class beyond the numerous advantages that already come with being well-funded. I would hate to be the new hire at a "startup" which turns out to be an immigration dodge, a means of getting a group of founders the necessary documentation. There are already other visa categories for such things (EB-5).
- johncolanduoni 10y ago
  > Can we please get over this idea that founders conjure jobs out of thin air. Startups and the jobs they create fill a niche in the economy. That niche is the product of the wider world, not the whim of a founder. Sure, but practically if not letting a founder enter the country and create a startup means those jobs won't happen, then how does it change the argument for more startup-friendly immigration at all? Are you saying that enough startups with immigrating founders are removing jobs elsewhere like Uber to make it a net negative? > There are already other visa categories for such things (EB-5). How about for the foreign founders who don't have $1mm to throw around? I can't say I have data on this, but I suspect $1mm of funds/founder is not reasonable for a lot of startups.
  - falsestprophet 10y ago
    If an entrepreneur moves to Canada or Europe to start their brilliant company, what makes you think an American (or American immigrant) founded and funded derivative company can't beat them in the market and create the jobs here anyway? If Uber was founded in Toronto or London or Shanghai, are you sure that Lyft wouldn't have crushed them?
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sidi 10y ago
Much of this article focuses on the applicability of H-1B visa for startup founders. As some comments in this thread share their anecdotal experiences with it, H-1B is very limited in scope. 1.) H-1B relies on a lottery system: with a 0.3 to 0.5 chance depending on some factors, 2.) and you need an independent board of directors, 3.) and you can't be a majority stakeholder. Not to mention once you get one, if your startup goes to ground, you have a month to find another job or risk being deported. Most startup founders in early life can't afford this. What US needs is a robust startup visa: Startup founders that have x revenue or investment $$ can come in and work, not H-1B or other diversity visa hacks. It's not so hard, Canada has a pretty decent startup visa program.
mansigandhi 10y ago
Hmm. From my understanding, a person's chances of getting an H1-B are substantially higher from a large corporation as opposed to a 5 people startup because the large corporations' lawyers submit multiple applications per person (through the subsidiaries) My brother has to leave his job this month and move back home, after 4 years at UIUC and 3 years in the Bay Area because he chose to work at startups (instead of the large tech companies) and both years the lottery system failed him.
- gumby 10y ago
  What you say is true only for the outsourcing companies that are in fact gaming (abusing) the H-1 system. Google and your startup both put in a single application per person for an H-1, and at the end of the day spend more for the H-1 candidate than they would for a local hire (citizen/green card), which is how the system should work.
known 10y ago
And https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa
hackerboos 10y ago
Couldn't one just simply open an office in Canada and operate for a year before transferring the company to the US? Would that work under the L1 requirements?
DelaneyM 10y ago
tl;dr: If you're a foreign-born entrepreneur, US immigration may be the kick in the pants you need to go global. If you're an American voter, you should stop kicking foreign-born entrepreneurs in the pants. Personal anecdata: I'm Canadian. I have two degrees from UWaterloo (CS & Math), have been on the founding team of three major exits (one "unicorn"), and have a Harvard MBA. I've lived in the US, mostly under TN status, for fifteen years. (Unlike H1-B, TN status is not dual-intent, and does not allow immigration.) I'm starting a new company now in Canada. Labor-intensive, probably creating a few hundred good jobs in the first year. I'd prefer to start it in the US, preferably Nevada, but have no acceptable way to legally do so. This was frustrating for a while, but I'm over it. Europe & Asia are operationally more complex to serve, but that's less overhead than immigration. And I've learned the rest of the world has just as much opportunity (and probably more available investment!) than the US. I'm just one person, but I've seen this play out five or six times among my peer group alone. If you're a non-citizen entrepreneur with valley/NYC connections or US startup experience, I strongly recommend taking that knowledge and competing in the bigger global pool. As the global economy flattens, the odds are growing every year that the next megacorp in the US market won't be American. The government should be fighting that trend, not doing everything in its power to accelerate it. edit: "no legal way" => "no acceptable legal way". Anything is possible.
- dusanbab 10y ago
  Wouldn't you have been a good (great!) candidate for an O-1A or EB-1? Completely understand if you couldn't be bothered at this point though. What a loss for the US.
  - DelaneyM 10y ago
    EB-1: You must have been employed outside the United States in the 3 years preceding the petition for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation and you must be seeking to enter the United States to continue service to that firm or organization. O-1A: very hard to get in business without either a letter from a senator/governor or a long history of speaking gigs (according to my immigration lawyer).
fovc 10y ago
I'm moving to the EU so that I can start a company. I looked at all these options and they are incredibly unattractive for a number of reasons: 1) If you want to H1B yourself, you have to demonstrably give up control of your company to a US citizen. What if none of the co-founders are American? What if you're a solo founder? 2) The B1 visa only gives you 6 months to figure out an alternative. It's unclear what the alternative is, and why add that stress during what is a critical time for your startup? 3) If you have $100K you could go for an E2 visa, but it does not lead to a green card. You have to renew every 2 year. Exiting your company? Get ready to exit the country. It also requires you to create a few (single digits) jobs within the first three years, but that seems less onerous 4) My lawyer suggested that an O1 would be unrealistic unless you've been recognized publically somehow. 5) If you have $500k to $1M, you could apply for an EB. I don't, so can't comment too much here. Fianally, across the board there's an issue of time and money. Dealing with this stuff will be a big headache that will distract from your company. Disclaimer: IANL [1] https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/entrepreneur-visa-guide https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/entrepreneur-visa-guide [2] Personal consultation with an immigration lawyer
- falsestprophet 10y ago
  Why should the United States accept everyone who announces they would like to start a company? But it does with the E2 visa (for treaty countries). And your problem is that you can't stay forever when the business fails?
  - lkrubner 10y ago
    Awesome, so he will create his company in Europe, generate jobs in Europe, generate tax revenue in Europe, generate economic activity in Europe, and create new technology in Europe. USA immigration policies For The Win!!!!!
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    - Sir_Substance 10y ago
vigilant 10y ago
Does anyone have experience with EB-5? I did a startup in Canada, so am fortunate enough to have the 500K/$1M. It looks like it is fair from a panacea - I haven't yet consulted a lawyer, but based on internet research, it seems like it can be hard to find a legitimate (e.g.: non-scammy) EB-5 Visa project, and the wait times for EB-5 can fairly long. But at least you aren't tied to an employer, and can do whatever you want as long as your investment works out and creates the 10 jobs.
- jgh 10y ago
  If you had a nice exit you might be able to use that as EB-1 evidence. That would be a much better route than EB-5. Talk to an immigration attorney about it.
  - dusanbab 10y ago
    Do you have personal evidence of a good exit leading to an EB-1? You would think it would, but that category seems difficult for entrepreneurship/business.
- dusanbab 10y ago
  I can recommend someone I've met a few times, but didn't end up pursuing an EB-5. Bear in mind that these projects are often not funded through traditional means and ergo are more risky.
tempw 10y ago
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/14/nation/la-na-ff-immigration-business-20130915 http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/14/nation/la-na-ff-immi...
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adorearun 10y ago
How a H1b visa holder start a company and work for it?

77 points by nnd 10y ago

The post doesn't mention the Green card diversity lotery. It's a long shot and like don't rely on it but the odds are slightly higher than zero. I got it on my third try, my friend on the first.

snicky 10y ago
Don't know where you guys come from, but I think you were incredibly lucky. If I remember correctly, the probability of getting one in my country was around 2%. I tried 5 or 6 times already, a couple of times together with my wife (who is from another country) and we haven't been that lucky.
- adamnemecek 10y ago
  It's roughly two percent everywhere. And yeah, not denying that we got pretty lucky.
- dusanbab 10y ago
  Ok so it's not just me then :) Yes, country of nationality does make a difference to DV lottery.
chrisper 10y ago
I played it like 4 times now and still haven't won it :( Maybe it's meant to be like that!
- adamnemecek 10y ago
  I know that feeling all too well :-|.
neeleshs 10y ago
Diversity lottery is not available for India, China and some others. Isn't the eb2 category for rest if the countries pretty much current? Working on an h1b for a year or two for any company should be enough time to get a greencard.

nul_byte 10y ago

I can't be done with doing a 'lottery' to work in the US. I got offered a senior position (distinguished engineer) with a large San Jose networking vendor, and looking into the H-1B circus put me off. Perhaps when I was freshly graduated I might have tolerated it, but as someone with a family and lots of very good opportunities already here in Europe (and being able to re-locate with minimal fuss to another EU country (unless we vote ourselves out)), its a nobrainer to stay here. Add to that the whole potential deportation if you were to lose your job, and an average family home in the valley costing well above $1 million, nah, I think I will leave it thanks. I guess the above is why so few Europeans comes to the US now, and 88% of H-1B's are from India.

raverbashing 10y ago
> and 88% of H-1B's are from India. I'm sure Tata abusing the system has nothing to do with it
- smnscu 10y ago
  That indeed is the problem, not the system itself. (if you want to continue with the cheap sarcasm) I see this pattern so many times in the US, blaming parties involved instead of the original wrongdoers (e.g. "Facebook and Google are so evil", yet the NSA and USG are out of the argument completely). That even a fairly educated crowd such as the one on HN falls for these cheap tactics is a great proof that in fact this technique works great for manipulating masses of people. (bonus example: the broken bipartisan and electoral college systems – all the talk is about how horrible Hillary and Trump are, instead of maybe taking steps to fixing the system itself | bonus video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k)
  - raverbashing 10y ago
    I fail to see your point, though of course the abuse is allowed by the system. Compare numbers of H1Bs in relation to number of employees and see how Tata compares with others Not to mention most "Java engineers" are a dime a dozen

bonobo3000 10y ago

This also doesn't mention the horrible inflexibility of the H-1B once you have it. Once on an H-1B, you literally have ZERO days of unemployment between jobs. If you are fired, laid-off, or leave your job for any reason at all (say health reasons), you technically are out of status and can be deported at any minute. There is an unofficial grace period of about 30 days, which is really not enough to do any kind of a decent job search (and its unofficial, so technically you could be deported at any minute). So the only realistic avenue for H-1Bs is to find a job before leaving the current one - works for most people, but again, if you are laid-off or need to take time off for any reason, its simply not an option. Its a horrible system.

nul_byte 10y ago
I did not mention it, in my other comment, but that was another key aspect which put me off. When I was single I could have gone along with it reluctantly, as worst case I could come back home and sleep on a couch of a friend if needed, but now that I have a family dependent on me, no way.
Bromskloss 10y ago
Isn't that the idea, though, that if I go to America to work under an H-1B, I go home once the employment ends?
- raverbashing 10y ago
  Not necessarily H1-B is a dual intent visa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa#H-1B_and_path_to_permanent_residency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-1B_visa#H-1B_and_path_to_per...
dominotw 10y ago
Not to mention, You have to go out of the country to get your visa stamped every 3 yrs. Its nerve-racking to say the least. The guy in front of me at the line in american consulate in Ottawa was begging "visa officer" saying 'I have a house. I need to go back and sell all of it and move my kids', not quite sure what exactly transpired but I got a feeling this was not an uncommon occurrence. I had friends you were stuck in Mexico for 3 months for some kind of 'verification' and consequently lost their jobs. What decent person would put up with this humiliation uless you are from a really horrid country that you don't want to go back to.

dineshp2 10y ago

The Startup Visa[1] is designed to tackle the issue of visas specifically for founders of startups rather than having founders jump through hoops to fit into the existing visa categories. Even though it enjoys bi-partisan support, it seems to get stuck in various committees every time it's introduced in Senate and left to expire. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Visa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Visa

sandworm101 10y ago

>> The research also found that among the billion-dollar startup companies, they have collectively created more than 65,000 jobs. Immigrants clearly play a significant role in job creation, entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem in the U.S. Can we please get over this idea that founders conjure jobs out of thin air. Startups and the jobs they create fill a niche in the economy. That niche is the product of the wider world, not the whim of a founder. Even where a startup does create apparently "new" jobs, they often result in other jobs disappearing elsewhere (see uber v. taxis). Bringing in foreign investment is great. But we don't need to treat well-funded founders as a special class beyond the numerous advantages that already come with being well-funded. I would hate to be the new hire at a "startup" which turns out to be an immigration dodge, a means of getting a group of founders the necessary documentation. There are already other visa categories for such things (EB-5).

johncolanduoni 10y ago
> Can we please get over this idea that founders conjure jobs out of thin air. Startups and the jobs they create fill a niche in the economy. That niche is the product of the wider world, not the whim of a founder. Sure, but practically if not letting a founder enter the country and create a startup means those jobs won't happen, then how does it change the argument for more startup-friendly immigration at all? Are you saying that enough startups with immigrating founders are removing jobs elsewhere like Uber to make it a net negative? > There are already other visa categories for such things (EB-5). How about for the foreign founders who don't have $1mm to throw around? I can't say I have data on this, but I suspect $1mm of funds/founder is not reasonable for a lot of startups.
- falsestprophet 10y ago
  If an entrepreneur moves to Canada or Europe to start their brilliant company, what makes you think an American (or American immigrant) founded and funded derivative company can't beat them in the market and create the jobs here anyway? If Uber was founded in Toronto or London or Shanghai, are you sure that Lyft wouldn't have crushed them?
10y ago

sidi 10y ago

Much of this article focuses on the applicability of H-1B visa for startup founders. As some comments in this thread share their anecdotal experiences with it, H-1B is very limited in scope. 1.) H-1B relies on a lottery system: with a 0.3 to 0.5 chance depending on some factors, 2.) and you need an independent board of directors, 3.) and you can't be a majority stakeholder. Not to mention once you get one, if your startup goes to ground, you have a month to find another job or risk being deported. Most startup founders in early life can't afford this. What US needs is a robust startup visa: Startup founders that have x revenue or investment $$ can come in and work, not H-1B or other diversity visa hacks. It's not so hard, Canada has a pretty decent startup visa program.

mansigandhi 10y ago

Hmm. From my understanding, a person's chances of getting an H1-B are substantially higher from a large corporation as opposed to a 5 people startup because the large corporations' lawyers submit multiple applications per person (through the subsidiaries) My brother has to leave his job this month and move back home, after 4 years at UIUC and 3 years in the Bay Area because he chose to work at startups (instead of the large tech companies) and both years the lottery system failed him.

gumby 10y ago
What you say is true only for the outsourcing companies that are in fact gaming (abusing) the H-1 system. Google and your startup both put in a single application per person for an H-1, and at the end of the day spend more for the H-1 candidate than they would for a local hire (citizen/green card), which is how the system should work.

known 10y ago

And https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa

hackerboos 10y ago

Couldn't one just simply open an office in Canada and operate for a year before transferring the company to the US? Would that work under the L1 requirements?

DelaneyM 10y ago

tl;dr: If you're a foreign-born entrepreneur, US immigration may be the kick in the pants you need to go global. If you're an American voter, you should stop kicking foreign-born entrepreneurs in the pants. Personal anecdata: I'm Canadian. I have two degrees from UWaterloo (CS & Math), have been on the founding team of three major exits (one "unicorn"), and have a Harvard MBA. I've lived in the US, mostly under TN status, for fifteen years. (Unlike H1-B, TN status is not dual-intent, and does not allow immigration.) I'm starting a new company now in Canada. Labor-intensive, probably creating a few hundred good jobs in the first year. I'd prefer to start it in the US, preferably Nevada, but have no acceptable way to legally do so. This was frustrating for a while, but I'm over it. Europe & Asia are operationally more complex to serve, but that's less overhead than immigration. And I've learned the rest of the world has just as much opportunity (and probably more available investment!) than the US. I'm just one person, but I've seen this play out five or six times among my peer group alone. If you're a non-citizen entrepreneur with valley/NYC connections or US startup experience, I strongly recommend taking that knowledge and competing in the bigger global pool. As the global economy flattens, the odds are growing every year that the next megacorp in the US market won't be American. The government should be fighting that trend, not doing everything in its power to accelerate it. edit: "no legal way" => "no acceptable legal way". Anything is possible.

dusanbab 10y ago
Wouldn't you have been a good (great!) candidate for an O-1A or EB-1? Completely understand if you couldn't be bothered at this point though. What a loss for the US.
- DelaneyM 10y ago
  EB-1: You must have been employed outside the United States in the 3 years preceding the petition for at least 1 year by a firm or corporation and you must be seeking to enter the United States to continue service to that firm or organization. O-1A: very hard to get in business without either a letter from a senator/governor or a long history of speaking gigs (according to my immigration lawyer).

fovc 10y ago

I'm moving to the EU so that I can start a company. I looked at all these options and they are incredibly unattractive for a number of reasons: 1) If you want to H1B yourself, you have to demonstrably give up control of your company to a US citizen. What if none of the co-founders are American? What if you're a solo founder? 2) The B1 visa only gives you 6 months to figure out an alternative. It's unclear what the alternative is, and why add that stress during what is a critical time for your startup? 3) If you have $100K you could go for an E2 visa, but it does not lead to a green card. You have to renew every 2 year. Exiting your company? Get ready to exit the country. It also requires you to create a few (single digits) jobs within the first three years, but that seems less onerous 4) My lawyer suggested that an O1 would be unrealistic unless you've been recognized publically somehow. 5) If you have $500k to $1M, you could apply for an EB. I don't, so can't comment too much here. Fianally, across the board there's an issue of time and money. Dealing with this stuff will be a big headache that will distract from your company. Disclaimer: IANL [1] https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/entrepreneur-visa-guide https://www.uscis.gov/eir/visa-guide/entrepreneur-visa-guide [2] Personal consultation with an immigration lawyer

falsestprophet 10y ago
Why should the United States accept everyone who announces they would like to start a company? But it does with the E2 visa (for treaty countries). And your problem is that you can't stay forever when the business fails?
- lkrubner 10y ago
  Awesome, so he will create his company in Europe, generate jobs in Europe, generate tax revenue in Europe, generate economic activity in Europe, and create new technology in Europe. USA immigration policies For The Win!!!!!
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vigilant 10y ago

Does anyone have experience with EB-5? I did a startup in Canada, so am fortunate enough to have the 500K/$1M. It looks like it is fair from a panacea - I haven't yet consulted a lawyer, but based on internet research, it seems like it can be hard to find a legitimate (e.g.: non-scammy) EB-5 Visa project, and the wait times for EB-5 can fairly long. But at least you aren't tied to an employer, and can do whatever you want as long as your investment works out and creates the 10 jobs.

jgh 10y ago
If you had a nice exit you might be able to use that as EB-1 evidence. That would be a much better route than EB-5. Talk to an immigration attorney about it.
- dusanbab 10y ago
  Do you have personal evidence of a good exit leading to an EB-1? You would think it would, but that category seems difficult for entrepreneurship/business.
dusanbab 10y ago
I can recommend someone I've met a few times, but didn't end up pursuing an EB-5. Bear in mind that these projects are often not funded through traditional means and ergo are more risky.

tempw 10y ago

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/14/nation/la-na-ff-immigration-business-20130915 http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/14/nation/la-na-ff-immi...

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adorearun 10y ago

How a H1b visa holder start a company and work for it?