uhuruity (u/uhuruity)

uhuruity commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

proberts · 7 months ago

1. The EB1C has the additional requirement that the applicant's employment abroad also must have been managerial or executive (which at the end of the day means people management). This is where those who move from L-1B to L-1A sometimes fall short. 2. This requires a discussion unfortunately because if you look at the websites of 10 different schools, you will get 10 different views on whether an F-1 can get STEM OPT through their own company. My reading of USCIS guidance is that STEM OPT can be obtained through an F-1's own company as long as there is a supervision/training component to their employment.

uhuruity · 7 months ago

Thanks Peter! On 2) is this something you could help with through a consultation, if/when I decide to go try this route?

uhuruity commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

uhuruity · 7 months ago

Thanks for doing this Peter. I have two questions, advice on either/both would be much appreciated!

1) Partner moved to the US in L1B status, after 2-3 years successfully adjusted to L1A status, based on having been promoted and perhaps been initially misclassified. Would they be eligible for the EB1C green card?

2) How can an individual on the STEM OPT extension best work on their own entrepreneurial ventures? Would it be sufficient to incorporate as a C-Corp and have 1-2 Americans on the Board, with the authority to fire me, serving as my supervisors? They have relevant work experience and could easily be my manager in a corporate environment. Or do they have to own >50% of the company too?

uhuruity commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

brit_in_america · 7 months ago

I assume L1B because you mentioned “engineer” instead of “manager.”

I’m currently on an L1B visa, which is a three-year dual-intent visa extendable for another two years. This should provide ample time to initiate and complete a Green Card application under Employment-Based 2nd preference.

However, I would consider choosing the H1-B visa for the following reasons:

It’s getting harder to get L1-B because USCIS are asking more questions about if a candidate has specialized knowledge to meet the requirements.

The processing times for Green Cards and PERM are increasing and five years might not be enough in the near future. In that case you would need a very cooperative employer to allow you to continue the application via Consular Processing from the UK.

My own Green Card application began in 2022, and I’m not likely to receive it until 2026 due to the substantial backlog for applicants from the Rest of the World (ROW) category, which includes British-born individuals.

On an L1 visa, you’ll be tied to your current job until either your Employment Authorization Document (EAD) arrives and you have portability under AC21, you’re approved for an H1-B visa with a different employer (which will reset your Green Card application timeline); or you’re approved for a Green Card.

If you switch to an H1-B visa, you have the flexibility to change jobs before your Green Card is approved. You can also retain your Priority Date (PD), which represents your position in the Green Card queue, although you’ll need to restart all the steps of the process again. Additionally, your H1-B visa is extendable indefinitely after receiving an approved I-140 petition.

This immigration system here is a mess and it’s getting worse. Not to discourage you but this is the worst time for Brits to move here.

uhuruity · 7 months ago

The problem with the H1B is, of course, winning the lottery. The odds are poor and generally getting worse each year. The L1B may be the only realistic option

uhuruity commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

thiagocmoraes · 7 months ago

My personal experience, and I think the optimal case, is to come on L1 but apply to H1B via consular interview. This way, if you're ever fired from your job, you use the H1B to get authorization to work in a new company (need to leave the US and get a visa in a consulate), while keeping L1 benefits as possible (spouse can work and no lottery).

uhuruity · 7 months ago

Could you elaborate on this a bit more? If your company sponsors you to come on an L1 visa, how can you simultaneously apply for an H1B? And in any case, how can you get the H1B at all without winning the lottery (assuming your employer is subject to the cap)?

uhuruity commented on The hype around esports is fading as investors and sponsors dry up bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/tmlee

nightpool · 3 years ago

TFA:

> Making matters worse, viewership for League of Legends’ Championship Series, one of the most mainstream leagues in esports, is at a five-year low, according to data aggregated by Esports Charts. As viewership declined, broadcast and streaming deals became less lucrative or less common for US and European esports leagues.

uhuruity · 3 years ago

I don't know what the viewership numbers are, but as someone who watches a lot of LoL across all the major leagues (LCS in North America, LEC in Europe, LCK in Korea, LPL in China), I wouldn't be surprised if LCS viewership falls even while others do well. The standard of play in LCS is far worse than the other three regions, and there are no redeeming features either (LEC is worse than LCK/LPL but they do a lot of fun things with their production that makes it entertaining to watch overall).

uhuruity commented on Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management logseq.com/?... · Posted by u/cube2222

krono · 3 years ago

That's a very vague privacy policy[0] with more tracking and analytics than I would have expected for something that claims to be "Privacy-First". I guess it only applies to the users' content.

[0]: https://docs.logseq.com/#/page/Privacy%20Policy

uhuruity · 3 years ago

To add to the other reply you got, their own sync (which they're testing right now) claims to end-to-end encrypted your data (and, if I recall correctly, filenames/paths too?)

uhuruity commented on Logseq: Privacy-First, Joyful Platform for Knowledge Management logseq.com/?... · Posted by u/cube2222

cube2222 · 3 years ago

I've started using Logseq only a couple days ago, after having used Bear and Obsidian before.

The thing about my note-taking has always been that I'm creating lists with increasingly nested bullet points, with some occasional prose in-between. The problem being that lists go down on the page (as you add new stuff at the top) and get forgotten. I haven't realized - until recently, that is - that outliner tools are actually created for this very use-case.

I'm specifically not interested in the knowledge-base use-case. It's more like creating lists with points being current thoughts, topics, and ideas, and the sub-bullets being new realisations/further thoughts about the point, with the list occasionally getting very deeply nested. Something akin to discussing with yourself.

Having now given Logseq a try, it looks like it's much closer to the increasingly-nested lists workflow I've been looking for. One of the bigger discoveries was the "turn this block into its own page" command, that kind of made the tool click and is a very good solution for when the lists get too deeply nested.

Btw, what do people recommend for sync? I've heard of data-loss being a common problem with standard cloud sync.

uhuruity · 3 years ago

Logseq's own sync is now in testing and you can access it if you're a sponsor ($15/month tier). I became one just to try it out. It works fine but has enough bugs that I wouldn't rely on it yet - but they are responsive to fixing the bugs that we report.

Just saying this to let you know that their sync is reasonably far along in development and one option would be to wait it out.

uhuruity commented on Google officially launches Equiano subsea cable datacenterdynamics.com/en... · Posted by u/kaycebasques

uhuruity · 3 years ago

As someone who grew up in East Africa and remembers the days when there wasn't a single submarine cable connecting my country to the rest of the world. I'm happy for West Africa but hope that the East gets some more love soon too :)

uhuruity commented on Germany's blanket data retention law is illegal, EU top court says reuters.com/technology/in... · Posted by u/tyrion

int_19h · 3 years ago

There's a curious comment on that article from a person in support of that retention law:

"Google can do that [blanket data collection], my Chinese mobile phone manufacturer too, why shouldn't the government be able to do it?"

Something to ponder when we talk about data collection by private parties: like it or not, it does provide justification for governments doing the same.

uhuruity · 3 years ago

Governments have a monopoly on (legal) violence, and by default it's not possible to move countries (that is, unless you get a visa or live in a free movement area). I think it's reasonable to hold governments to a qualitatively higher standard than companies.

uhuruity commented on Credit Karma fined $3M by FTC for misleading consumers with credit card offers thefintechtimes.com/credi... · Posted by u/fairytalemtg

distantaidenn · 3 years ago

I have zero debt. Absolutely zero. However, I left the States soon after graduating university, and thus also have (had) no credit history there. Since I've been planning to return soon, I've been trying to build a history, so when the time comes, I can get a mortgage loan.

The process of building a credit history has been enlightening and frustrating. I'm in the tech world, as most people in this forum is as well. I make a pretty decent salary in said tech world. However, I qualify for zero unsecured credit cards. I also don't qualify for any small personal loans. I attempted to get both in order to build a credit history. I mean, I can't even get a personal loan for $500.

Nothing, nada, zilch. All I can do now is get a secured card and hold on to that for some time -- which is what I have been doing for about a year so far.

However, I am constantly, and I mean constantly flooded with emails with special "pre-approved" credit cards and personal loans. I applied for a couple and of course was rejected. Oh, and of course, when you apply for these "pre-approved" offers, they do a credit check, which for some reason has a negative impact on your credit score.

It's insane that we let 3 companies (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion) control so much of our lives, with little insight as to what their scores actually reflect. CreditKarma is just a vehicle within this sector. The entire system is broken and needs a complete overhaul.

uhuruity · 3 years ago

I am a grad student in the US and know several international students who qualified for unsecured student credit cards less than a year after first entering the US, with just a part-time student job as income.