Finding an appropriate employment-based visa is often difficult enough, but for entrepreneurs the options are even more limited. This intermediate panel is intended as a discussion of nonimmigrant visa options specifically for foreign nationals who are trying to enter the United States to create and operate an American business. Our expert faculty will discuss strategies for foreign nationals trying to obtain work authorization in order to create and direct their own company. They also will address the formation of a business, and when work authorization becomes necessary in a company’s early days. Finally, the pros and cons of different visa options will be examined as they relate to the entrepreneur.

Featured Topics

• Permissible Entrepreneurial Activities While on a B-1
• Establishing E-1 and E-2
• Rising to the Level of O-1A in Business: Tips for Establishing the Criteria
• Pros and Cons of the H-1B for Entrepreneurs: Current Trends in Co-Founder H-1B RFEs and Strategies for Overcoming Them
• L-1A New Office: How to Help Small Businesses Obtain L-1s in the Age of "Buy American and Hire American"
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Nonimmigrant Visas for Entrepreneurs

Free Downloadable Seminar Recording Included with Live Registration Included with registration, participants in the live seminar will receive a free downloadable recording of the seminar. It will be available in participant's Agora Digital Library approximately 4-7 business days from the seminar date.

Faculty

*Olivia Serene Lee (DL), AILA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Vice Chair, San Francisco, CA

*Lori Torgerson Chesser, Des Moines, IA

Susan J. Cohen, Boston, MA

Marco A. Moreno, Indianapolis, IN

^*Invited, not yet confirmed