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"\r\nAround half of the tech businesses started in Silicon Valley are started by non-Americans.\u00A0 Tech entrepreneur and now Congressman, Jared Polis, has proposed a new visa category to or a new &amp;quot;start-up visa&amp;quot; to help foreign born tech entrepreneurs stay in the USA.\r\n\r\nThe idea is part of a proposed overhaul of the US immigration system.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Every day the American economy is losing ground - not to mention high-tech jobs and technologies - to India and China because foreign-born entrepreneurs cannot secure a visa to stay in the US,&amp;quot;\u00A0 [Polis] said.\r\nThis will help entrepreneurs who can secure funding stay and grow their business.\u00A0 The article shares Eric Diep's story. Diep, who is Canadian, started an Internet applications company but had to leave the USA because he couldn't qualify for an EB-5 visa.\r\n\r\nEach year the USA issues 10,000 of these.\u00A0 In order to get one applicants need to invest $1m and create 10 full-time jobs. Diep eventually got funding, but now he spends his time commuting back and from from Canada to Silicon Valley.\u00A0 This new class of visa could avoid this sort of problem.\r\n\r\nThis is how it will work:\r\nIt would be granted to foreign entrepreneurs if their business plan attracts either $250,000 from a venture capital operating company that is primarily US based or $100,000 from an angel investor.\r\n\r\nThey must also show that the business will create five to ten jobs or generate a profit and at least $1m in revenue.\r\nIs there anyone out there who has been impacted by not being able to get an EB-5 visa?\u00A0 How does this proposed visa category match up to similar ones that already exist in Canada, the UK and Australia?\r\n\r\nMore links:\r\n\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\tSource: BBC News - New visa proposal to help create the next big thing\r\n\tCongressman Polis' webpage: Polis Introduces Legislation to Reform EB-5 Visa Program and Create &amp;quot;Start-Up Visa&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Polis Introduces Legislation to Reform EB-5 Visa Program and Create \u201CStart-Up Visa\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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