Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for...
by arkj on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:33AM
(#25230070)
I am from India and we would like to start our operations in US. Are there any other visa options for founders other than H1-B?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for...
by neha_t on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:54PM
(#25235129)
If you have an existing company in India, and have been working in it in an executive or managerial position for over an year then look at L1A followed by EB1c. Thats the route I took.
Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for...
by gogopuppygogo on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:35AM
(#25230092)
EB5 program exists if you are well capitalized.
Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for...
by proberts on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:58AM
(#25230333)
That's right but the EB5 process is really slow right now. The other options are the O-1 extraordinary ability visa and the L-1 intracompany transferee visa (if you have existing operations in India).
Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for...
by proberts on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:53PM
(#25233282)
Depending on a variety of factors including whether there are spouses involved who would like to work and whether multiple founders and/or employees will need work authorization, the options are the O-1 and the L-1. (The E-1 and E-2 are unavailable to Indian citizens.) There's also hope that the Biden Administration will revive Obama's International Entrepreneur Rule (or IER). This likely would be the best option for many founders but we'll have to see.