Keeping Immigrants At Sea

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs are pursuing a “you-can’t-make-this-up” hack to the notoriously difficult U.S. immigration system.

In an attempt to allow more foreign nationals to contribute to Silicon Valley, a group is seeking to buy a cruise ship and convert it into a floating campus of entrepreneurs who will live on international waters off the coast [...]

Startup Visa Reintroduced Into Congress

The much talked about Startup Visa has been reintroduced into Congress.  The Startup visa was first introduced in 2010, and needed to be reintroduced following the January change in Congress.  Whether the Startup Visa will gain any traction is yet to be seen.   Congress does not currently seem interested in improving America’s much maligned immigration [...]

Is Government Oversight Standing in the Way of the Startup Visa Success?

The Startup visa, which has been discussed previously, would allow for the expansion of the EB-5 visa category to include more foreign national entrepreneurs to come to the United States and start a company that would create American jobs.

However, one of the bills in the House that would create a Startup visa has drawn [...]