So what qualifies a US company to hire foreign workers? In this video, we'll answer this
question and more. So, see on the other side. So in this video, once again, we'll answer
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from one of our YouTube subscribers. And I'm actually going to read that question from
the comments. So it says, “What qualifies a company to hire international workers? If
you could take the example of a new startup just starting to generate money.” So, that's
an amazing question. So Again, we are now coming close to the H1B season, in a few months,
filings will open. And a lot of new companies are forming, the economy's doing good. A lot
of young founders are moving to the United States and starting companies, and also US
companies are looking to hire foreign talents. So, what's really qualified? So first of all,
people are thinking that for a company to sponsor H1B visas, they have to be huge or
have a lot of employees or make a lot of money. That's not the case. Well, the US government
is looking, first of all, it has to be a real legitimate company. So, it should be, typically,
incorporated in the state where it does business or in another state in the United States.
It has to have a tax ID number and an active payroll. Because H1B employees should be in
a payroll, they should be getting a W2 at the end of the year. So, there should be already
a payroll set up in their company, typically at least one or two employees are already
working there, and therefore, there's already payroll. Now, it's really important for the
government, for the USCIS to see that if they bring in an H1B employee, that employee will
actually have some work to do. So typically, with a small company, what we do is we will
attach to the case, examples of work product or some contracts for the company to be able
to fulfill, if they have a signed contract with a few clients, we show the cycle of work
as to why they need the H1B employee, the different phases. Sometimes, H1Bs for small
companies are not going to be issued for three years, maybe they'll give it for a year or
two, just to see if the company is able to sustain itself. But it's really important
to show that even more than the money in the bank, it is really important that they actually
have work to do for the employee because remember, when the case is filed, we are providing a
job description we're providing the percentage of work, of time that they're actually going
to be doing the work, we're showing a level of wage that they're going to be paid for
that particular job. So, they actually have to be doing this particular job. And the company
actually has the work for them to perform it. So, those things are essential for a company,
especially a small company, especially a new company, when they see that a company was
just formed, to see that they actually have that, to be able to bring on an H1B employee.
Again, there may be sometimes a request for more evidence if they want to see that the
company is able to pay the wages. But that's really not more of a requirement for an H1B.
It's more of something that we do when we file for green cards during the I-140 stage
where we really have to show the company's ability to pay. And we do a mini version of
that when we file H1Bs for startups. We show that maybe they have some funding, maybe they
have some money in the bank to be able to afford the salaries and things like that.
But typically, what is really important is that they actually have the work for the employee
to do, it's a real position that they will have enough to do during their employment,
and what exactly they'll be doing, kind of break it down in more tangible terms so that
the USCIS will see it, and then the likelihood of success for a small startup to do that,
it definitely increases because the USCIS will be convinced that it's a real job and
it's a specialty occupation because they actually come in to do something that is complex and
unique under the rules and they’re not just going to be doing some admin work over there.
So, that's why it's really important to show that the job is, especially the occupation
nature, to be able to qualify, even if it's a small startup. So, that's kind of some of
the… to answer the question. It came from a potential startup that is starting in the
US. And I think a lot of people have that kind of question to know what does it take
to be able to actually get somebody an H1B visa. Well, you really don’t need a big
company but you do need to put some things in place to be able to convince the government
that it's an actual real job and that it’ll meet the requirements of the H1B visas. And
so, that's in a nutshell. And remember, H1B visa, the deadline is coming soon. So, get
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