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Anyone started a company while on H1B visa?
Has anyone here started a company while on H1B worker visa? If yes, what legal issues did you face? Could you explain how you overcame those issues?
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Is there a legal way for a foreigner to start a business in US?
I am on a work visa (H1-B) in the US. From what I understand,
the only way for me to make money is through my employer. I've some
skills that I think I can use to create a product (or website ...
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In lieu of an H-1B visa what other visas can be a founder's visa?
I know there's a lot of people on an H-1B visa that would like to do a startup. Paul Graham recommended a Founder's Visa. Keeping existing visas in the U.S. in mind, what would be the nearest thing to ...
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How can an nonImmigrant visa holder do startup business
One of my friend is on H1-B Visa in US working for some company, he wants to start his own startup and he is working madly on some of his idea but as he is not US Citizen he feels very said about ...
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Foreigner starting a business in the USA
I am officially a "legal alien allowed to work" in the USA (I have a F-1 student visa). I know I cannot work anywhere else, but the university I attend (and no more than 20h a week).
I would like to ...
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H1B co-founder for company that may not make profit for 3-4 years
Our question is very similar to this one: While H1B can I work on my interested Idea as Startup with no intention of earning?
We have one co-founder on a H1B visa who we want to make a legal ...
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Do the number of founders matter for the Startup Visa?
Under the current state of the Startup Visa, does the number of founders matter for the Startup Visa? Is the minimum investment still 250k$ if there are two foreign founders?
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Doing a startup on H1-B
I have been itching to do a startup since a long time but this visa (H1-B) is getting forever to sort out (6+ years already)
One idea to work around the H1B issue is as follows -
I transfer my H1 ...
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When will the Startup Visa be passed?
I know that the Startup Visa is under discussion in congress. But does anyone know when this visa will be passed, or what the process of passing the bill is? I'm looking for this visa.
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Would the startup visa be retroactive?
Would the startup visa, in its current state and if approved, be retroactive?
What I mean is, if someone gets enough founding today, would they be able to apply for the visa when it gets approved?
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Starting a LLC on a non-immigrant visa
I am on H1 visa and my spouse is on L1 visa. We both have EADs from my green card filing. We would like to maintain our visa statuses.
Given this scenario, is there a way for us to register a LLC, ...
