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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

245 points proberts | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source

I'll be here for the few hours and then again at around 1 pm PST for another few hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers. Thanks!

Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

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gorbypark ◴[18 Oct 24 09:51 UTC] No.41877793[source]▶
Theoretical situation: I'm Canadian, I don't have a degree at all. If I found a startup that is incorporated in the US, but I'm still in Canada and most employees are outside of the US (although not exclusively), is there a "level of success" at which I might be considered for some sort of residency visa in the US? Suppose I wanted to, for example, open a physical office in the US for the already formed startup.
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1. slashdev ◴[18 Oct 24 15:40 UTC] No.41880426[source]▶
As someone in the same theoretical position, I'm curious as well.

How much of the answer is the same as for Germany? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41871953

Anything different because it's Canada?