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O1 Visa Hacks for Founders
How to build a startup in the US as an immigrant
Unlike visas like the TN or the HB1, which have restrictions on the title you can have (no founder or CTO), your wages (really high salaries), and where you work, the O1 is founder-friendly and a stepping stone to the green card with the EB1. If you’re a founder who has raised capital, you can argue remuneration based on the value of your equity (a high post-money valuation cap on your latest SAFE is golden for this). If you published a highly circulated scholarly article in a prominent peer-reviewed journal, you may be able to angle this simply on the argument that your citations reflect widespread commentary.
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