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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
O1 visas normally cost $5000-$10,000 in lawyer fees. This startup that launched today claims that they can help you for just $169 using an online solution.
for some context: I previously was on an O1 visa (before getting my green card), so have done quite a lot of research into this space.
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RyanKim
@rkhkim2010 · co-founder @ FoundVisa
@_jacksmith Hi Jack, I'm a co-founder of FoundVisa - thanks for the hunt! I would like to point out that $169 is only for the prescreening service. It does not cover all other services. But it is significantly cheaper than going the traditional route.
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@rkhkim2010 what other 'services' are involved, and what sort of prices are those charged at?
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RyanKim
@rkhkim2010 · co-founder @ FoundVisa
@_jacksmith There are total 3 different services in my startup: Prescreening service, form filling service, and final review service.
-The prescreening service is our review process to check the eligibility of an applicant getting the O-1 visa.
-Form filling service helps you fill out all necessary forms digitally through our dashboard. We can promise that it is a 100x easier than filling it out by hand.
-Final review service is done by a lawyer to review all of an applicant's documents. We just launched the prescreening service recently while the other two are in private beta right now. We will release it once they are fully ready but the demand is through the roof!!
We haven't set a final price for the two services but we expect the complete package should cost less than $2,500 for applicant. Lawyers usually charge at least 2x more for what we're offering! We are very excited to be lowering the barrier for engineers/founders who want to build their dreams in the US.
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@rkhkim2010 so right now you only offer the prescreen service for $169? the wording on your website implies that you'll also do the form filling for that price
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RyanKim
@rkhkim2010 · co-founder @ FoundVisa
@_jacksmith We want to be very transparent with users so we've went ahead and fixed the wording! Sorry for the confusion!
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Jp Valery
@jpvalery · Product Manager @ Gameloft
@rkhkim2010 @_jacksmith Do you only do O1A visas or O1B also ?
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RyanKim
@rkhkim2010 · co-founder @ FoundVisa
@jpvalery Our main focus is O-1A at this moment. However, we are definitely planning to cover O-1B in near future.
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Nathen McVittie
@nathenmcvittie · Digital, Leicester City Football Club
@rkhkim2010 @jpvalery O1-B would be great. Is there a list I'm subbed to for announcements when I register an account?
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Viet Nguyen
@vietnguyen · Founder & CEO @ m.ly
@_jacksmith How was your thought on being O-1 vs. EB-1?
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@vietnguyen o1 is a visa; it expires, you need to renew it etc. EB-1 you are a permanent resident, you get a green card etc. overall no difference, but green card = no worrying about visas
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Viet Nguyen
@vietnguyen · Founder & CEO @ m.ly
@_jacksmith Yeah I know. I've been doing research on O-1 and EB-1 for years while I was on F-1, but never actually applied for it. Is there any reason you wouldn't go for EB-1 right away?
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@vietnguyen takes months to get. You can get o1 in two weeks if you pay for premium processing
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Viet Nguyen
@vietnguyen · Founder & CEO @ m.ly
@_jacksmith Oh yeah got it. Thanks.
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RyanKim
@rkhkim2010 · co-founder @ FoundVisa
@nathenmcvittie @jpvalery Hello! Unfortunately, we do not have that functionality yet. However, We will work very hard to implement it soon. Meanwhile, you can send an email through here (http://www.foundvisa.com/contact) to add your email on the future subscription list! Thank you for your interest in FoundVisa.
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