Hi all,
A group of us were interested to apply for the YC program in the summer but were detered because of visa issues.<p>All three members in the group currently have full-time jobs and two of us are on H1-B visas. The third member of the team is a U.S. citizen. Quitting our jobs to attend YC fulltime is therefore difficult as two of us will lose our H1-B status and will not be able to stay in the country.<p>I read on the YC website that people from other countries have been able to participate in YC before. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this? What visa status were they on? Is there a temporary business visa available for this sort of situation?<p>Also, if you are facing similar problems, feel free to comment.<p>Thanks
We're in Canada and we're wondering the same thing. People here we've talked to don't know much about it, but we're assuming there must be something available since YC has funded Canadians before I'm pretty sure. I figure they'll let everyone know when they're accepted what forms need to be filled out.
<a href="http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/visa/vwp.html" rel="nofollow">http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/visa/vwp.html</a><p>There's a large list of countries for which a stay of up to 90 days for business or tourism does not require a visa.
Our guys were just on Tourist Visas the whole time and are now going for O1 and J1 respectively. Not sure how it works differently if you have an H1-B first though.