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The challenge is that as a Canadian it's a lot easier to get a TN-1 or H1-B as an employee than as a founder. So the valley is full of Canadian expat employees
by peterarmstrong 14y ago
The challenge is that as a Canadian it's a lot easier to get a TN-1 or H1-B as an employee than as a founder. So the valley is full of Canadian expat employees, not founders. Hopefully some of those will return to Canada and become startup founders. (That's what I did.)
- enraged_camel 14y ago>>The challenge is that as a Canadian it's a lot easier to get a TN-1 or H1-B as an employee than as a founder. It's the same in the US. If you're an immigrant, it's incredibly difficult (if not outright impossible) to get a work visa to work at a company you founded. There are a few "founder visa" type bills being discussed in the Congress, but all of them require the company you have founded to have a hefty revenue as well as a handful of employees. In other words, they are only for founders who are already successful.
- peterarmstrong 14y agoThat's what I meant: the TN-1 and H1-B visas are the US visas that Canadian employees get in the US.
- zmitri 14y agoYep. Need to have x00K in the bank to legally work for my own company.