With lawyer fees and immigration fees, the application itself would come to about 5K. Your salary would need to be equal to or greater than what the Department

With lawyer fees and immigration fees, the application itself would come to about 5K. Your salary would need to be equal to or greater than what the Department Of Labor says is the average for your job title in your workplace location. The bigger issue for a startup will be showing proof of revenue via tax returns, etc, and answering questions about viable US candidates. I am not sure if seed funding will be acceptable as proof of revenue - those type of questions are best answered by an immigration lawyer.