>I'm not sure why a foreign startup founder [...] want to temporarily immigrate to the US? To make sure I'm not misinterpreting that, you're saying startup fou

>I'm not sure why a foreign startup founder [...] want to temporarily immigrate to the US? To make sure I'm not misinterpreting that, you're saying startup founders would rather run their startup company remotely thousands of miles away? E.g. the foreign startup founder stays in France which is 6+ time zones away while his company and employees are working in the USA? To be clear, we're not talking about the mother ship of a mature company opening a branch office in another country but instead, an infant startup company with maybe the founder and 1 or 2 other people. Even if the majority of startup founders wanted that arrangement, what VCs would invest in that type of working structure? >Nothing is stopping them from operating in the US and there are existing visas for business owners operating in the US they can use that don't have all of the related hoops. If you look at the other USA visa options[1], they are not exactly redundant with the proposed startup visa. (E.g. EB5 requires higher amount of $1 million from the immigrant which basically means the immigrant is already wealthy instead of starving entrepreneur with no money. The other visas are based on talent/skill such as advanced hard-to-find PhD or require employers to sponsor. The immigrant is his own employer.) [1] http://fundersandfounders.com/coming-to-america-for-entrepreneurs-infographic/ http://fundersandfounders.com/coming-to-america-for-entrepre...