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 constructive on Friday December 05, 2025 @11:27AM (#46163492)

Hi Peter, thanks for doing the AMA! I have a Delaware registered LLC (10 years old), I managed to get even an EIN remotely. However, I can't open a bank account remotely and so I have just been paying the registered agent fees and Delaware gov taxes for the LLC all these years. I however, genuinely want to come to the states to open the bank account and actually expand my business into the US. The LLC hasn't really had any annual meetings/etc. but taxes are always paid on time. How do I use my LLC to apply for a B1/B2 to visit the US?

OR should I just close it and try the normal route? Thanks in advance!

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by dennis16384 on Friday December 05, 2025 @12:00PM (#46163974)

But you _can_ open a bank account remotely for a DE LLC. Both Wise and Mercury supported this for years.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by constructive on Saturday December 06, 2025 @02:03PM (#46175737)

thanks!

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by gsck on Friday December 05, 2025 @11:33AM (#46163587)

My understanding of the B-1 visa is all you really need is a letter of employment. Might get tricky with you providing the letter of employment to yourself however.

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Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:51PM (#46165558)

It's going to be difficult to answer this in this forum because really what you are asking is how can you get a B-1/B-2 visa because the existence of a non-operating LLC really has no bearing on that question.

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