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Ask HN: US startups 5-30 employees, do they hire people without a work permit?
I'm talking about really serious candidates that are very favorable over others with experience in your specific startup market, experienced in the technology, founded a startup before, raised money. Do such startups put effort to do so or they always hire ones with work permits.
Do they hire such candidates remotely? (do you need to have a Visa to be hired remotely if you're not from the US?)
- dudul 11y agoYou do not need a visa to be hired as a contractor by a US-based company. What does it mean 'put effort to do so'? To do what? Hire people with permits or try to get them one? Hiring people without a work permit can lead to very severe penalties for the business.
- emperorfufu 11y agoThank you for your answer. To try to get them a permit of course not the illegal thing. I mean startups mostly want to hire and scale fast and the usual visa takes around 6 months. I'd like to hear examples of what happens in those cases. Are startups willing to hire by contract for half a year then after the visa get the employee etc, examples of such cases. Would like to know if it's possible for me to get to a startup at such a stage without being an american.