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>What visas did Lily Yang or Mikhail and Yevgenia Brin enter on? Not H1-Bs for sure, H1-B was introduced in 1990. As for Musk founding Tesla on H1-B : he found

>What visas did Lily Yang or Mikhail and Yevgenia Brin enter on? Not H1-Bs for sure, H1-B was introduced in 1990. As for Musk founding Tesla on H1-B : he founded it by investing his PayPal money in some startup so it's highly unlikely he had been on H1-B at the time (or ever). AFAIK you cannot get H1-B sponsored by a company you own and you have to work for the sponsor to remain in status. So who would have sponsored his hypothetical H1-B in 2003?

petilon 8y ago
The exact visa doesn't matter. The point is, without immigration silicon valley wouldn't be silicon valley.
- pandaman 8y ago
  Then why bring the H1-B, a nonimmigrant visa for temporary workers, up when arguing about benefits of immigration ?
  - petilon 8y ago
    Because people who come in on H-1B are eligible to apply for green cards.
    - pandaman 8y ago
      People who don't come in on H-1Bs are eligible to apply for green cards too. Being on H-1B does not make you eligible in any special way.