M Cochrane

Has anyone started a company in the US in order to sponsor their own H1B visa. Thinking of doing this and any information on the pros and cons would be very much appreciated. I'm an IT professional who spent 2 years in the US on an H1B visa through an employer but when I got laid off I came back to UK. Now looking to go back to US but there aren't many companies sponsoring out there.

Mathew Kolb

I started my own company and was able to sponsor my own H-1b. I hired
Deborah Weber, an attorney from americanh1b.com, and she did the petition
for me. I didn't totally believe it could be done, however, she actually
got the visa for me. you might try contacting her.



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    > Has anyone started a company in the US in order to sponsor their own H1B
    > visa. Thinking of doing this and any information on the pros and cons
    > would be very much appreciated. I'm an IT professional who spent 2
    > years in the US on an H1B visa through an employer but when I got laid
    > off I came back to UK. Now looking to go back to US but there aren't
    > many companies sponsoring out there.
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Ingo Pakleppa

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:24:01 +0000, M Cochrane wrote:

    > Has anyone started a company in the US in order to sponsor their own H1B
    > visa. Thinking of doing this and any information on the pros and cons
    > would be very much appreciated. I'm an IT professional who spent 2
    > years in the US on an H1B visa through an employer but when I got laid
    > off I came back to UK. Now looking to go back to US but there aren't
    > many companies sponsoring out there.

It can be done with a good attorney. INS looks carefully at such cases.

One of the obstacles is that you need to be sure that the new company can
pay your salary no matter what, no matter how bad business is.

M Cochrane

Thanks a lot for the help Mathew I'll certain look into that.