All early-stage startup founders face countless challenges as they work to build, launch and scale a successful business. But confusing U.S. immigration and visa policies present an additional, dense layer of bureaucracy for foreign-born entrepreneurs interested in tapping the lucrative U.S. market.
As a result, many of these founders, like tech startup co-founder Glen Wang, have incorporated startups in the U.S and hired employees to work in the states — while they remain beyond the border to manage the business remotely. The ultimate goal: to live and build their business — legally and permanently — in the U.S.
Frequent changes to immigration policy, a persistent political punching bag, increase overall confusion. For example, during the Obama administration, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rolled out the International Entrepreneur Rule ( …
