A friend of mine did it in the field of music production. He had no publications or anything. He hired a lawyer ($15,000) and the company he was interning at got a recommendation from some really higher up in Sony. The lawyer wrapped it all up in a few days and sent it along with the expedited processing fee. He had his "your EAD card is on the way" message displayed on USCIS case tracker, so basically "APPROVED" two weeks after filing.
Listening to him talk about it really did feel like he was cheating the system.
I know that Australian citizens can use the E3 visa for working in the US. Do you know if Australian citizens can start companies in the US using the E3 visa? Is it something like, you work for the company you founded? What happens if the company fails, or runs out of money?
2) The E-3 visa application requires filing you file a Labor Condition Application (LCA) attesting that you will be paid at least the prevailing wage for the job title -- i.e. you must be making at least as much as other Americans make doing the same job.
The same rules apply to the E3 that apply to the H1B, that is, one can't self-petition so it can be a problem if one founds and owns a controlling interest in a company. But Consulates as opposed to USCIS are much more receptive to visa applications by founders/owners (but again the founder/owner can't control the company). I'd be happy to speak with you about this.
I've got a background in machine learning (NLP, and a little bit of vision) and electrical engineering, but I know very little about biology. Essentially, all I know is a working knowledge based on what I remember from high school. However, I'm incredibly fascinated by some of these recent developments in making biology more computational! I've started working through some Coursera courses on bioinformatics systems biology, and have been totally engrossed so far!
I noticed that the Parker Institute is a non-profit? I was curious what kind of ramp-up path you offer people like me, with a background in ML, and are excited to learn some more biology if they join the team? Since you're a non-profit, I was wondering if there'd be any interest in helping to curate a bunch of links/resources/etc. so people like me can learn and ramp-up in our spare time? I guess I'm wondering if it's difficult to hire for this role. So maybe other non-profits, e.g. J. Craig Venter Institute may also be interested in helping to curate these resources to help increase supply of possible hires?
They're completely above board. It's still the RMB currency just using and app to pass it around between people's app accounts and bank accounts. Bitcoin on the other hand is restricted I believe, so is exchanging RMB for foreign currencies.
