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

245 points proberts | 4 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 1s | 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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calderwoodra ◴[18 Oct 24 11:39 UTC] No.41878436[source]▶
At what stage should US-based startups start considering hiring folks needing help with immigration?
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1. beretguy ◴[18 Oct 24 15:43 UTC] No.41880463[source]▶
Why not hire local residents?
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2. calderwoodra ◴[18 Oct 24 22:17 UTC] No.41883998[source]▶
Because it's hard, and I'm curious at which stage does the difficulty of hiring local talent outweigh the difficulty of dealing with immigration
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3. beretguy ◴[19 Oct 24 01:22 UTC] No.41884903[source]▶
Hard? I know people around me struggling to find work. Ghost jobs are all over the place, local USA residents are struggling to find jobs. There are local residents ready to hired everywhere.
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4. calderwoodra ◴[19 Oct 24 09:57 UTC] No.41886841{3}[source]▶
I appreciate your perspective, thanks for sharing. Mine is that great engineers are extremely hard to find, given there are many more jobs available to them than there are folks searching right now. For nearly every other role, the opposite is true, and hiring local talent is very possible.