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Dude, you guys are making it so freaking hard on yourselves. You have the right to be in the US for up to 6 months I believe without a working visa. Assuming yo

Dude, you guys are making it so freaking hard on yourselves. You have the right to be in the US for up to 6 months I believe without a working visa. Assuming you are a startup who the fuck knows that you are working when you are not supposed too. I say come in as a visitor and while you are here for "fun", make the connections and taste the waters. If everything is running smoothly then you can contact the Immmigration in place and make the necessary changes. YOu will be surprised how much can be done if you sit down with them live and tell them you are building a 100 million dollar company, but you need his/her help to do it legally. That's my take

abstractbill 19y ago
I would strongly advise against this. The INS likes to look at things you've done in the past (entering the country for pleasure) and argue that you had certain intentions at the time (starting a business, which they could deduce from the fact that you're still in the country and now applying for a visa). Given that the worst case, deportation, bars you from entering the US for ten years, it's not worth it imho.
Harj 19y ago
This really is just totally and utterly wrong and bad advice in just about every way possible: "while you are here for "fun", make the connections and taste the waters. If everything is running smoothly then you can contact the Immmigration in place and make the necessary changes" - If things are running smoothly after 6 months you're going to be kicking yourself and wishing you had sorted out these visa issues earlier when you had more time to deal with them and they were a considerably smaller threat to your startup. "YOu will be surprised how much can be done if you sit down with them live and tell them you are building a 100 million dollar company" - You'll only be surprised if you actually thought having a sit down chat with someone from Immigration and telling them how great your startup is was going to have any effect at all. If you've ever actually met someone from Immigration you'll know they really couldn't care less and will expect you to file the right forms just like everyone else.
petesmithy 19y ago
Yeah sorry rokhayakebe you're way off. Try following your own advice if you like but good luck pal!
- rokhayakebe 19y ago
  no need to.
- pageman 19y ago
  don't be like this guy ---> Thomas Dullien http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-denied-entry-to-us-essentially.html http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-denied-entry-...

abstractbill 19y ago

I would strongly advise against this. The INS likes to look at things you've done in the past (entering the country for pleasure) and argue that you had certain intentions at the time (starting a business, which they could deduce from the fact that you're still in the country and now applying for a visa). Given that the worst case, deportation, bars you from entering the US for ten years, it's not worth it imho.

Harj 19y ago

This really is just totally and utterly wrong and bad advice in just about every way possible: "while you are here for "fun", make the connections and taste the waters. If everything is running smoothly then you can contact the Immmigration in place and make the necessary changes" - If things are running smoothly after 6 months you're going to be kicking yourself and wishing you had sorted out these visa issues earlier when you had more time to deal with them and they were a considerably smaller threat to your startup. "YOu will be surprised how much can be done if you sit down with them live and tell them you are building a 100 million dollar company" - You'll only be surprised if you actually thought having a sit down chat with someone from Immigration and telling them how great your startup is was going to have any effect at all. If you've ever actually met someone from Immigration you'll know they really couldn't care less and will expect you to file the right forms just like everyone else.

petesmithy 19y ago

Yeah sorry rokhayakebe you're way off. Try following your own advice if you like but good luck pal!

rokhayakebe 19y ago
no need to.
pageman 19y ago
don't be like this guy ---> Thomas Dullien http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-denied-entry-to-us-essentially.html http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-denied-entry-...