txt Immigration for Startups: A Guide for Founders (English Edition)

The chronicles of business in the United States are filled with endless stories of foreign entrepreneurs risking it all to build some of the most quintessential American companies and products. U.S. immigration law, however, favors the foreign-born employee coming to work for a U.S. company over the immigrant entrepreneur.

Immigration for Startups: A Guide for Founders is for foreign-national founders who want to build America’s next great company. Whether you are reading this from abroad, in the United States as a student, or currently here working as a traditional employee of a U.S. company, immigration attorneys Jason Susser and Greg Siskind are here to help you navigate the U.S. immigration system and understand your options.

If you are filled with the entrepreneurial spirit and determined to build a company in the United States, this book will demystify the path to self-employment.

Jason Susser is an attorney with Siskind Susser PC and works extensively with entrepreneurs to find creative immigration solutions for startup companies in the United States. Greg Siskind is a founding partner of Siskind Susser PC and is one of America’s best-known immigration attorneys. Siskind Susser (www.visalaw.com) is internationally known for advising startups on immigration matters. The firm has worked with some of the top accelerator programs in the country, represented countless award-winning entrepreneurs, and worked with top universities to help foreign students start companies after graduation. Siskind Susser advises businesses ranging from the solo entrepreneur to the Fortune 500.

Immigration for Startups covers the following topics:

• An overview of the U.S. immigration system
• Visitor visas and the Visa Waiver Program
• Entering the United States as a student
• Entering the United States for employment
• Entering the United States as a treaty trader or investor
• Entering the United States via transfer
• Visas for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability
• The exchange visitor visa
• Visas for nationals of certain countries through specific trade agreements and treaties
• The International Entrepreneur Rule
• Introduction to lawful permanent residency (the ‘green card’)
• Understanding the Visa Bulletin
• The path to an employment-based green card: PERM and the National Interest Waiver
• Employment-based preference categories: EB-1A extraordinary ability, EB-1C multinational executives and managers, and EB-1B outstanding professors and researchers
• The Immigrant Investor Program
• ‘Schedule A’ exceptional ability for startups.