On Friday, the USCIS proposed . While this is a proposal subject to a public comment period, I expect it will go into effect in about 45 days. We finally will have a visa! The International Entrepreneurs Rule startup The best summary I’ve seen so far is from Tahmina Watson titled . If you want to see a detailed summary from someone who read and analyzed all 155 pages of the rule change, go read Tahmina’s post. International Entrepreneurs Rule (Obama’s Startup Visa Alternative)- Detailed Summary by Tahmina This journey started for me about seven years ago on 9/10/2009 when I wrote the blog post . Paul Kedrosky and I wrote an OpEd in the Wall Street Journal on 12/2/2009 titled . The Founders Visa Movement Start-up Visas Can Jump-Start the Economy A group of us, including Dave McClure and Eric Ries went to Washington. I talked about the Startup Visa at conferences. Bills were proposed but not passed. Lots of articles were written. Many tweets were tweeted. Even a . . The But in the US, Congress continued to be unable to create a Startup Visa, under the guise of the failure of comprehensive immigration reform. book was written about it by Tahmina Watson Canada created their own Startup Visa UK created an Entrepreneur Visa. In response to the non-action from Congress, I co-founded the with Jeff Bussgang and Craig Montuori. (MA, CO, NY, AK) with a bunch more coming before the end of the year. I finally felt like some progress was being made. Global EIR Coalition We’ve launched in four states After all the efforts of Congress to do something failed, the White House determined that a Startup Visa could be created under the existing law with a rule change. Tom Kalil and Doug Rand of OSTP worked tirelessly on this (they understood the importance of this from the beginning) and, as part of the announcement on Friday, wrote a great post . Welcoming International Entrepreneurs It’s been a really long journey but I’m thankful for the support and encouragement of this effort from many people. I’ve learned a lot about our federal government as part of this process and expect that the learning will continue. Hopefully this rule change will survive a new administration (I’m told by a number of experts that it will) and foreign who want to start companies in the US will have an easier time of it. entrepreneurs Originally published at Feld Thoughts . is how hackers start their afternoons. We’re a part of the family. We are now and happy to opportunities. Hacker Noon @AMI accepting submissions discuss advertising &sponsorship To learn more, , , or simply, read our about page like/message us on Facebook tweet/DM @HackerNoon. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend reading our and . Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted! latest tech stories trending tech stories
