Things have gotten better under President Obama recently after an initial turn for the worse. The Neufeld memo denied visas to founders on account of initiating

Things have gotten better under President Obama recently after an initial turn for the worse. The Neufeld memo denied visas to founders on account of initiating a strict requirement that an employer vouch for an immigrant in a variety of ways, for them to be eligible for an H1-B. We don't have employers as founders, turns out. However, these recent changes open the door for H1-B and EB-2 visas as founders: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3f412bfb4cf81310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=44eec665e1681310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f... Vivek Wadhwa is hopeful that adjudicators will shortly be much friendlier to founders applying for visas, as long as they have a board set up and are funded.