If you only want job creators to come to the country - how about just creating a visa to only allow that. On this visa, you can come to the US to consult, open a barber shop, found a startup, etc but you cannot work for anyone else.
A consulting visa would set up perverse incentives between employers and "consultants"; I don't see what the public policy difference is between someone working W-2 and someone working 1099, except that in the 1099 case the employer has an excuse not to pay FICA or offer health insurance.
A problem with startup visas is that nobody knows what a viable startup is, and countries have a strong incentive not to offer long-term residency to people who can't support themselves. So what we have to go on instead are proposals like "we'll allow you in if you're sponsored by a qualified venture capitalist", which creates it own set of perverse incentives.
All things being equal, public policy usually prefers employer-employee relationships over 1099. Tax collection is more sure, worker's comp and unemployment get paid (and the individual is covered), etc.
Probably the best way to deal with "startup visa" is to instead have a small-business visa. Small-business already has an understood (to the government) meaning, and there's already a lot of examples of slightly different rules for them.
Consulting visas, now that'd be useful! Right now I'm not even sure if it's legal to work with my american countries if I come for a visit. Sure, it's okay if I stay over here in Europe and work remotely, but the moment I set foot on american soil things get grey at best.
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If you only want job creators to come to the country - how about just creating a visa to only allow that. On this visa, you can come to the US to consult, open a barber shop, found a startup, etc but you cannot work for anyone else.
A consulting visa would set up perverse incentives between employers and "consultants"; I don't see what the public policy difference is between someone working W-2 and someone working 1099, except that in the 1099 case the employer has an excuse not to pay FICA or offer health insurance.
A problem with startup visas is that nobody knows what a viable startup is, and countries have a strong incentive not to offer long-term residency to people who can't support themselves. So what we have to go on instead are proposals like "we'll allow you in if you're sponsored by a qualified venture capitalist", which creates it own set of perverse incentives.
All things being equal, public policy usually prefers employer-employee relationships over 1099. Tax collection is more sure, worker's comp and unemployment get paid (and the individual is covered), etc.
Probably the best way to deal with "startup visa" is to instead have a small-business visa. Small-business already has an understood (to the government) meaning, and there's already a lot of examples of slightly different rules for them.
That'd be an interesting predicament for the "dey takin our jerbs" crowd.
Consulting visas, now that'd be useful! Right now I'm not even sure if it's legal to work with my american countries if I come for a visit. Sure, it's okay if I stay over here in Europe and work remotely, but the moment I set foot on american soil things get grey at best.