Foreign national cofounder

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by kokani • 11 years ago
2 3 11 years ago

Hello, there have been numerous posts on this topic but I have yet to figure or find out a solution for my situation. Am a software engineer on the H1 visa, based in New York, work full time for a tech firm in the city. Over two years ago started working on a fashion tech startup on the side, last week we secured some angel funding. Its more than the prevailing wage in NY for H1 but since we have no full time employees yet and only few K of revenue a month, chances of securing visa transfer seem to be slim (consulted immigration lawyer). Am an Indian national so other visa options are very limited. Also checked with a lawyer for the genius visa(O1) and it seems I don't qualify for one, no surprises there :). Have been putting in 120hrs/wk to do the two jobs and was hoping I could quit my job and focus on the startup once we had some cash, liberty seems elusive though. Other than going back home and working remotely was wondering if any of you are aware of any solution for this situation. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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