Re:Foreign national cofounder
by palakchokshi on Thursday June 04, 2015 @12:38PM
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IANAL but have you tried looking into consulting firms? A friend of mine was in a similar situation and he essentially hired a consulting firm that sponsored his H1 transfer to the firm and then essentially put him on contract with his startup. He had to pay the consulting firm some fees for the service. I don't know if this is on shaky legal grounds.
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Thanks @palakchokshi. Yeah, have been looking into that option. My only worry is many of the smaller consulting firms who would be willing to do such an arrangement usually follow shady practices, some even exploit immigrants, so am a bit worried about taking this option. Will have to dive and take the risk if nothing else works though.