Immigrant startup founders, what’s your story? The StartupVisa movement is unleashing the power of immigrant entrepreneurs to create jobs, wealth and innovation in the United States. This is a group of entrepreneurs, technologists and venture capitalists passionate about creating visa reform that allows immigrant entrepreneurs to contribute to the US economy by starting companies.
As part of the mission, the StartupVisa movement is visiting Washington DC to meet with notable congressional representatives to brief them on the proposed StartupVisa legislation. The movement has received positive feedback from a number of members of Congress and this trip will help advance the legislative reform process.
You can help! The StartupVisa movement wants to use your stories to paint a picture in Congress about the potential impact of this legislation. Have you battled visa issues while starting your company? Share your immigration woes. Learn more here. Submit your story (anonymously) here.
More stories directly lead to more potential impact of the movement in Congress.
Round 1 - Call for Stories - Deadline is February 27th, 2010 at 11pm Send your story here.
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I came to work in the US around February, 1998. Presently I am on a temporary work visa, popularly called as H1-B. Meanwhile I have taken up studies at Syracuse University and graduated with a Master’s degree in Economics.
Recently I have conceptualized an online venture and I am executing it. I am confident it has potential in the specific marketplace I am competing.
I am a start-up guy who has to deal with the following woes: (1) competition; (2) end users; (3) raising money; (4) keeping my day job; (5) my wife who is living away in India — because she has a job there as she can’t work with her Ph.D. here; and finally the biggest lump of all: I can’t start a company with my work visa.
In a worst case I might be able to convince a few investors and have to do the work from India–a prospect that I am not fully comfortable with. I have been in the US continuously for the past 12 years and would like to contribute by (1) generating revenue and (2) generating employment through my venture.
I truly hope that the president’s recent push for generating jobs by opening up the barriers to small businesses will be expanded to entrepreneurs like me and ameliorate my visa situation. I hope I get to stay in the US and generate jobs and revenue for the federal and Delaware state.
Sincerely,
Nat Ramachandran.