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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by usaphp on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:33PM (#20473676)
Why not get an investor visa? It's easily convertible to green card according to several people I know who did it. You only need $500K or so for the whole thing. And investment money were returned even with some profit.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by fernandopj on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:43PM (#20473748)
As I recall it doesn't even need to be $500k upfront, you have to (show/prove) you'll invest that and generate jobs in a couple of years.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by deminature on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:00PM (#20473880)
You have to prove you'll create jobs for a minimum of 10 U.S. citizens, which sounds somewhat nontrivial.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrat...

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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:35PM (#20474605)
You just get roped into a big development project like Hudson Yards in NYC which was an excuse to sell thousands of EB5 visas. The bonus is your investment in "blight" redevelopment turns into luxury housing you can purchase to park your excess funds.

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/04/hudson-yards-financin...

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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by satya71 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:44PM (#20474202)
Not really. Most such investments are in hotels/hospitals etc with large number of low paid employees.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by usaphp on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:44PM (#20474210)
You can just provide the money without actually doing any leg work in hiring or managing the business itself. As far as I know you get a list of businesses that require funding and you will pick which one you will fund
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by scarejunba on Thursday July 18, 2019 @04:51PM (#20473813)
It's a million dollars now. They changed it.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by usaphp on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:46PM (#20474218)
It says $500,000 investment in a rural area will do it: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrat...
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by throwaway082729 on Friday July 19, 2019 @12:24AM (#20476157)
Too risky to put so much of my hard-earned money into it. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
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