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Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself?

Posted by sepultura on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @03:50PM
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Hi HNers, sadly this third world country is going, I was wondering if this is feasible,

I need your input, ideas, tips, connections:

Here are the steps I have thought so far:

1.- Incorporate: Create a LLC in some state in the USA (Delaware, Nevada, etc)

2.- Give myself EIN, SSN, USA Bank Account, etc

3.- Hire myself

4.- Move to USA

5.- Work in the USA

Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by JSeymourATL on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @04:25PM (#7875096)
It's potentially feasible under an E-2 Visa. Your case may be fact dependent. Here's some info> http://www.visapro.com/Immigration-Articles/?a=361&z=48
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by tejasm on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @07:12AM (#7877340)
1. You can incorporate an LLC or Inc. from any part of the world. This won't be an issue.

2. The LLC or Inc. can get EIN and open USA Bank Account. You'll not have an SSN unless you have a valid work visa, students visa or your green card. Not a log of banks will help you open these kind of accounts unless you have someone with SSN to help you there. Most startup-friendly bank is SV Bank.

3. You won't be able to hire yourself unless the company is one year old and has certain revenue. Even when the company is eligible for everything else, it'll still have to file an H1-B which is more like lottery these days. 2014 quotas are already full and 2015 quotas will only open in April 2015.

4. and 5. Unless you have an H1-B or L1, you won't be able to move to the States for work.

There's something called EB-5 but that has substantial investment.

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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by mahesh_gkumar on Thursday June 12, 2014 @11:32AM (#7883971)
Form an LLC with your friends in the US (who are legal residents). Make sure that you form a board which has the authority to fire you (this is needed for the h1b employee employer requirement). Make the company profitable, apply for h1, move.
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by ahomescu1 on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @06:09PM (#7875608)
Step #3 is the hardest. You're not going to be able to hire yourself and get a visa for yourself as an employee for your own company, except under very specific circumstances which probably don't apply here.
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by phantom_oracle on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @05:32PM (#7875443)
Which "third-world" country are you in?

If it is that bad, like civil-war-bad, then you could possibly try applying for refugee status (although that may restrict you as well).

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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by sepultura on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @02:20AM (#7876700)
Mexico, the country where the president couldn't even mention reading 3 books. And the preference polls being a candidate where way way off... Corruption and crime runs rampant.

It was already pretty hard in here, many new laws hampering growth, way too much corruption, poverty, and desperation. You can see it on their faces.

My family suffers...

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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by thejteam on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @08:39AM (#7877660)
If you have a college degree and work in certain professions then there is a separate visa process for Mexican citizens. You will need to get a job offer from a US company like an H1-B but if I recall unlike the H1B there is no limit to the number of visas issued.

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/employment/naf...

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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by nRike on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @04:54AM (#7877021)
Mexican here too. Please send me an email at [email protected], I'd love to connect you with a friend, he did exactly the same steps you're trying to achieve few years ago.
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by coralreef on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @06:46PM (#7875738)
Quite difficult unless you have a substantial amount of money to invest. May have better luck getting a work visa.
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by petervandijck on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @04:30PM (#7875128)
I'm fairly sure that won't work.
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by cylinder on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @07:43PM (#7875930)
Which country are you from?
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Re:Ask HN: Inmigrate to USA, form LLC and work for myself? by jesusmichael on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @04:13PM (#7875030)
Not likely... The process of sponsoring a visa applicant can be costly and must be completed by a us citizen. There are significant cost to this as well. If they find out, you will be blacklisted and never gain citizenship
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