Know the Truth About International Entrepreneur Immigration
If we want the U.S. to continue to foster global innovation and investment, we must keep the International Entrepreneur Rule. The administration is trying to cancel it. Comment now to…
Sophie Alcorn Quoted in The Atlantic About Need for a Startup Visa
The Atlantic magazine interviewed Sophie Alcorn for her expertise as Silicon Valley’s only Board Certified Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist. The resulting article, “The Trump Administration Is Driving Away Immigrant Entrepreneurs”…
Hope for Founders Even Without International Entrepreneur Rule
Although the end is near for entrepreneur parole under the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER), startup founders have alternatives to build amazing companies in the U.S. After nearly a year of…
VCs Champion Immigrant Founders
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) has filed a motion in federal court designed to determine whether the Trump administration is complying with a court order to implement the International…
International Entrepreneur Parole Is (Finally) Here
Foreign entrepreneurs can now submit an application for temporary residency in the U.S.—or Entrepreneur Parole—under the International Entrepreneur Rule parole program. The Alcorn Immigration Law team stands ready to help…
A Win for International Entrepreneurs, Startups
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can no longer delay the International Entrepreneur Rule. The judge ordered the administration to begin accepting applications under the rule, which allows…
International Entrepreneurs Should Be Optimistic
The Trump administration has officially moved to end the International Entrepreneur Rule, which never took effect. The move came a few weeks after the International Entrepreneur Rule had a promising…
Trump Administration Sued for Delaying Entrepreneur Rule
A group of investors, entrepreneurs, and startups sued the Trump administration last week for its “unlawful delay of the start date of the International Entrepreneur Rule.” The International Entrepreneur Rule…
Pressure on Trump to Keep Entrepreneur Rule
A pro-immigration nonprofit group is urging individuals to tell their Senators to protect the International Entrepreneur Rule. The group, FWD.us, was founded in 2013 by Mark Zuckerberg and other technology…
International Entrepreneur Rule—the Startup Visa Substitute—Suffers Setback
The International Entrepreneur Rule, the startup visa substitute that was set to go into effect next month, has been sent back to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget…