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Thank you for your response. I forgot to mention this important issue. I'm an Italian citizen too, this could help me or it's the same as being an Argentine cit
by mfalcon 17y ago
Thank you for your response. I forgot to mention this important issue. I'm an Italian citizen too, this could help me or it's the same as being an Argentine citizen?. All legal, there's no question about it.
So this means that if in the future I apply for Ycombinator and the application is accepted, I won't be able to participate because of the visa issues.
- Kaizyn 17y agoIf you're an Italian citizen, you might consider going to live/work in Italy instead of the US. By right of citizen, you already would be legally allowed to work in that country. Also, the Italian citizenship may entitle you to work anywhere else in the EU you wish to go. While not the same as the US, you'd get nearly all the other benefits you had hoped for.
- a-priori 17y agoItaly is part of the EU, so Italian citizens are entitled to work most places in Europe. If you want to improve your English, I recommend working in England or Ireland instead of the US. [Edit: removed stuff about the Schengen area]
- perokreco 17y agoJust a tiny error: Schengen AFAIK has nothing to do with entitlement to work.
- duncanj 17y agoOr Germany, for that matter. No joke.
- ajtaylor 17y agoGood luck in Ireland. You may have noticed we're in a bit of a recession here (note heavy sarcasm)... I'd wager that you'd have a difficult time finding a job in Ireland. Course both Google and Amazon have offices here so don't let me discourage you. Just be warned. Jobs aside, I've loved the last two years I've spent here in Ireland. The people are lovely, as is the country itself. Still on the expensive side, but we're having price corrections along with the recession. :-)
- danohuiginn 17y agoYes to this. If you want to improve your english, head to the UK. As kaizyn says, you should (as an EU citizen) have the right to work there.
- hussong 17y agoAs an Italian citizen, you'll be able to enter the US under the WVP. You won't be authorized to work though. Taking part in YC under the WVP is possible.
- perokreco 17y agoOn a side note, is it possible to do YC as an OPT. Edit: I couldn't reply so Ill explain here. OPT is Optional Practical Training, it is what F1 visa holders(full time students) can do. We are able to stay for 29 months after graduation, to work in the field we studied for in order to get practical training.
- petercooper 17y agoTaking part in YC under the WVP is possible. Careful there. It's almost certainly not. Unless you're just a "brain" doing meetings only, you'd almost certainly be doing something that could be considered "work" and it doesn't matter if you're not being paid.
- jeromec 17y agoRegarging the ability of foreigners to participate in YC, this is addressed in the FAQs here: http://ycombinator.com/faq.html http://ycombinator.com/faq.html From my understanding you could do it, because foreigners are allowed to own or start U.S. corporations. I'm not sure how much work on the project you would have to do at home versus here, though.