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Comment on Ask HN: How do I legally run a startup in US while on an F1 or H1B visa?parent

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I'm currently a sophomore and I might satisfy these - any idea if these would work?

3. I've been covered on CNN, Quartz Magazine, Business Insider, Valleywag

4. This one seems a bit iffy - I control entrance into a pre-accelerator program (would this count?)

8. Founded and currently running Startup Exchange at Georgia Tech. I'm not sure how they determine distinguished reputation, but I run a pre-accelerator program, and I'm about to launch a student-run venture fund. (this might also fly as #2)

Any idea if I'd qualify?

Also, getting extraordinary entrepreneurs to recommend me definitely wouldn't be an issue.

It's impossible to make a complete evaluation based on what you've provided here, but I'd lean towards no.

One problem is that I don't know exactly how you'd define the field. That turns out to be a critical step in putting together a persuasive narrative.

The other thing, at least on the cases I worked on, we never had a case that was just sort of scrapping by. We got a 2-3" binder and filled it with evidence. We tried to hit as many categories as possible, not just the minimum, and in each category provided more than one example.

On the other hand, I only worked on a half dozen, and they were all successful (although we did get an RFE on one), so I can't really say I know exactly where the line is.

That makes sense. I guess it isn't one field per say - the media was for computer security, but the rest is all about helping entrepreneurs.

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