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by linuxconvert 17y ago
That's a worthy goal. Hopefully it can be rewarding in many ways (including financial return on your investment in addition to a sense of satisfaction). I'd encourage you to aim for something that can 'go big' in terms of employing many man
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
Bearing in mind that the O-1 is a non-immigrant visa (my friend is on one).
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
I'm not arguing whether the E-2 rules should be adjusted for legimate entrepreneurs or not. I'm just saying that as it stands, I don't want to use it. You refer to "fairly easily adjust" and do concurrent filing of the 484 and 140 - this is
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
The 500k number comes from people confusing the E-2 and the EB-5 I suspect. The EB-5 program gives you a greencard for a 500k$ investment in an disadvantaged area or $1m anywhere else. The money needs to be "at risk". If there were programs
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
My experience as a grad student in CS at a UC left me with the same conclusion. I left, in ABD status a year after getting my MS because of the working conditions. It makes no financial sense to do a PhD in CS unless you want a pure researc
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
Initial E-2 visas are generally for 2 years with extensions of 2 years at a time (essentially indefinitely if things go well) or 5 years on renewal at the discretion of the immigration officials. I'm told by my lawyers that there has been a
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
Putting my frustrations to one side, it seems clear to me that there are problems with the program, there are abuses of the program, and there are people like me caught in the middle of it all. However, some of the worst abuses, such as by
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
I'm a potential user of such a visa. As it stands, right now, I'm likely to start a company outside the US. I'll create jobs overseas instead of here just because of the hassles I've had with US immigration. I find the situation to be rathe
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by linuxconvert 17y ago
I'd be happy to - though I guess I'll have to get one of those "blag" things the kids talk about. I'm also pondering SUSE's real time extensions. They at least make it easy to get a trial version of their enterprise distribution plus a tria
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Ask HN: Fedora style version of RedHat RHEL MRG?
2 points by linuxconvert 17y ago|2 comments