Furthermore, its needs to prove it's own viability via a business plan, a tax statement (that shows that it makes $x in revenues each year) etc. The latter port

Furthermore, its needs to prove it's own viability via a business plan, a tax statement (that shows that it makes $x in revenues each year) etc. The latter portion is hard for a startup - since they may not have any revenues yet. I was hired by the co-founder of my own startup (eduFire.com) in 2007 and transferred my H1 from my old big corp to the startup. Things may have changed since then, or the case might be different b/c it was an H1 transfer, but our lawyer didn't need to provide a biz plan or tax statement to get the H1 transferred.