I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:23PM (#36909246)

Absolutely correct. The requirement is a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree or it's equivalent which can be a foreign degree or a combination of education and experience (or even just experience) evaluated to be the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree. The rule of thumb is that 3 years of professional experience is the equivalent of 1 year of college education.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by pasoevi on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:34PM (#36909441)

Thanks for the clear answer! is proving the years of experience usually difficult? e.g. references from 12 years ago can be hard to get (although I have those 11 years ago myself).

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:56PM (#36909782)

Not at all. Detailed prior employment letters are enough.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by gottorf on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:24PM (#36910192)

> The rule of thumb is that 3 years of professional experience is the equivalent of 1 year of college education.

I know you don't make the rules, but on the surface it would seem that these numbers are switched around ;-)

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:59PM (#36913244)

You're probably right!

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