Surprised nobody has mentioned the O-1 visa for "aliens of extraordinary ability": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-1_visa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-1_visa

Surprised nobody has mentioned the O-1 visa for "aliens of extraordinary ability": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-1_visa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-1_visa AFAIK, a couple of non-US citizens have gotten them to work in the US on YC (the Auctomatic guys). I know DHH was on one to work for 37S.