The Founder Visa

Re:The Founder Visa by tomsaffell on Friday April 10, 2009 @07:01PM (#556944)

Nice idea. Feels like a version of the E-2, brought in line with the new realities of the cost of starting a web based business - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2_visa (government is always slow). Rather than requiring applicants to bring monetary capital into the country, they'd be required to bring start-up capital, as measured by those who will invest in it.

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Re:The Founder Visa by jerryji on Friday April 10, 2009 @07:27PM (#556968)

My E-2 interview (at the US embassy in Singapore) is scheduled at the end of this month.

Cost me more than $6K (in attorney fee, etc) and countless number of hours to prepare all the documents without any guarantee that I'll get it.

It _is_ more scary than applying to YC, now good luck to myself.

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Re:The Founder Visa by sriramk on Friday April 10, 2009 @07:27PM (#556970)

The problem with both the E1 and E2 is also the list of 'treaty nations' you need to be a member of. For example, India is not on the list

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Re:The Founder Visa by c3 on Friday April 10, 2009 @10:15PM (#557137)

I actually am in the US on an E2 visa, and I founded and (still) run entp.com. In my mind, the investment requirement of the E2 merely is a way of your providing proof of your ability to achieve success.

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