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 temp91223 on Friday April 12, 2024 @02:52PM (#40016371)

Hi, Peter. Thank you for taking questions again.

Would you recommend a 3rd year(2 more years to go) US PhD student with moderate research portfolio( + strong recommender )to look into EB2/NIW or O1 visa? The end goals are to immigrate to the US and avoid H1B lottery.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday April 12, 2024 @03:28PM (#40016732)

The O-1 and NIW standards aren't as high as most people think and most PhDs (and PhD candidates) qualify.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by temp91223 on Friday April 12, 2024 @03:31PM (#40016763)

Thank you. Would it help the process if the degree is from an US institution? I am debating whether to transfer out to an European institutions as my PI is moving there.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by swalberg on Friday April 12, 2024 @05:00PM (#40017589)

Does that apply broadly to PhDs or just tech related ones? I'm thinking specifically about a PhD in Political Science, dealing in tech adjacent national security topics.

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