(I don't really have any expertise in this, this is mostly what I've heard on the grapevine) I don't believe you can attend YC while on an H1B. Typically fore

(I don't really have any expertise in this, this is mostly what I've heard on the grapevine) I don't believe you can attend YC while on an H1B. Typically foreign YC participants use a B-1 or an equivalent visa waiver to take part in YC. For staying afterwards the typical approach seems to be to get your startup to sponsor you for a H1B or an L-1 visa, but I believe this is only really a feasible approach if your startup has raised a VC round and has multiple founders.