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Startup Visa Alternative Gives Foreign Entrepreneurs A Workaround – All Tech Considered : NPR

By May 5, 2017May 22nd, 2025No Comments

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Immigration advocates claim that about half of the most lucrative startups in America were founded by immigrants. But it’s complicated for a foreigner to start a company in America — there’s no such thing as a startup visa.

That’s why some entrepreneurs are “hacking the system” through a workaround that started as an experiment in Massachusetts and has expanded to five other states.

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