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创业与法律COVID-19在:巴布森WIN实验室校友帮助国际学生服务地方社区金博宝

想象一下,一个求职者,但不是免费接受要约。

想象一下,一个雇主谁不是免费的,聘请最有资格的人。

现在想象有一个企业家的启动,这将成为一个社会和COVID-19爆发期间,聘请本地人才,但你的法律地位不容许你采取行动。

外国人创始人与OAF队。

Danielle Goldman(金博宝巴布森WIN实验室优胜者'19 -20)设置开放式基金途径(OAF)to help U.S. employers who could not hire their top choice because that candidate is a foreign national who failed to win a visa in the usual randomized annual lottery. Consistent with U.S. immigration laws, Danielle did this by creating the opportunity for such candidates to work with students from Open Avenues’ partner universities for a minimum of five hours per week, thereby giving them the freedom to, concurrently, legally work for their fulltime employer.

如今,丹妮还找到了一种方法来帮助有志谁想要留下来,通过建立社会创新孵化器项目(SIIP)的COVID-19危机期间为社区提供服务的外国民族企业家。

下面是关于这两个程序是如何工作和细节的说明性的例子。

这是我们最近的谈话的亮点:

问:We don’t hear debates about immigration law being framed as a matter of individual liberty, but isn’t this really about the freedom of U.S. employers to hire whom they want, and also the freedom of talented and motivated people to contribute to the U.S. economy and society?

A:是!这是他们的自由,通过他们的工作做出贡献,还是现在,通过建立新的企业,帮助当地社区获得通过COVID-19的危机。我们投入了训练这些人 - 通过大学和学院在这里 - 在这个惊人的人力资本......而现在,我们将失去他们?当他们即将帮助当地社区在这里的美国?

问:你的移民系统内工作的?

A:我们一定要强调这是在法律范围内,系统内的所有创新。我们尊重的意图和什么代表大会表决时的语言和通过成为法律:这是一个上限的豁免和彩票周期之外发放签证为那些谁对美国社会做好事的过程。

问:你的故事说明了现实生活中的案例和演讲嘉宾这个学期一个主题:即法律的精明是战略的一个镜头 - 那就是,熟悉法律可以帮助我们提出正确的问题,并看到机会,别人错过。任何你想添加到这个地步?

A:金博宝巴布森是一个机构,相信伟大的想法s and fosters an environment for smart risk-taking. There are many people I met along the way who could not understand the concept of starting an organization in such a highly regulated space. Everyone I met through the Babson WIN Lab—including you, Adam—saw value in the mission of Open Avenues and the solution we developed. I am grateful for that type of reassurance, encouragement, and support – especially right now when the resilience of all entrepreneurs is being tested.

问:你会如何设计你在这个特别的时刻正在做什么意义?

A:该国正面临着由于COVID-19的经济和健康危机中埋,我们国家面临的挑战是与新的移民危机,一个显著影响的国际学生毕业找工作或自己创办企业。金博宝官网影响可能阻碍创新和创业的未来在由全球人才驱动的美国。

问:什么是国际学生与一个伟大的初创想法正常吗?有什么新的挑战已经出现的原因COVID-19?

A:There are very few ways to work legally in the U.S. for recent graduates. All graduates have 1-3 years of Optional Practical Training (OPT), but only a relatively few may remain in the United States when their OPT expires. H-1B status is the primary solution, however H-1B is limited to 85,000 new approvals every fiscal year, selected on a randomized basis.这种挑战已经被放大,由于COVID-19主要有三个原因:

  1. H-1B要求雇主证明它有资金来支付公平的现行工资。这是在今天引起COVID-19的经济衰退特别紧张。
  2. The law prohibits employers from sponsoring H-1B petitions if the employer has laid off or furloughed employees in the same occupation within six months of filing an H-1B petition. COVID-19 has forced many layoffs.
  3. 许多美国雇主目前有因COVID-19冻结招聘。

结果是毁灭性的了很多,但谁依靠H-1B工作为他们留在美国能力的外国人尤其如此。

问:我告诉我的学生你和开放的途径。有的问他们是否可以(1)形成自己LLC(2)聘请自己,和(3)使用Open大道的框架内得到所需要的签证状态(尊重的义务是,这需要 - 提到下文)?

答:有谁想要毕业后开始自己创业国际学生额外的挑战:

  1. 美国实体必须提供证据,证明其控制的一天到一天的工作的员工,这是很难(但并非不可能)谁想要赞助自己创立者。
  2. The U.S. entity must prove it is able to afford to pay the fair prevailing wage for the job, and the entity must in fact pay this wage. There is no sweat equity permitted in the H-1B context.

问:什么是开放大道基金会(OAF)的法律地位?

A:OAF是一个“H-1B签证,免税组织”,意思是OAF可以在一年中的任何时候赞助商为其员工H-1B工作状态,而无需进入并赢得年度H-1B彩票。

问:所以,如果学生读这篇文章,他们应该探讨哪两个途径(双关语意)?

A:OAF提供两种不同的解决方案,以帮助毕业生:金博宝官网

对于谁有金博宝官网美国雇主承诺赞助他们的毕业生,但谁没有赢得H-1B的彩票,有畸形儿全球人才奖学金程序。OAF提供这项奖学金的机会,与STEM重点毕业生,并与他们的雇主工作,以促进帽豁免H金博宝官网-1B工作签证,使他们留下来工作BOTH OAF和专职雇主。

对于社会影响的举措创始人,OAF推出社会创新孵化器which offers international student graduates an opportunity to stay and build their initiative in the U.S. OAF hires social entrepreneurs to work on their ventures part-time with support, resources, and guidance from OAF, and sponsors them for cap-exempt H-1B work visas. Together, OAF and the social innovators work to improve outcomes for communities across the U.S.

问:什么是社会创新孵化器的长远目标,而究竟是什么想法可以限定一个具体的例子吗?

A:我认为这可能是个人创业者组成的军队谁正在努力创造通过社会企业的社会效益。首次加入是最近麻省理工学院毕业生,茉莉花秦,其社会企业是一线组织和机金博宝官网构在救灾和防疫工作的响应提供更好的数据和后勤支持的平台。

问:什么义务做应届毕业生必须满足获得通过这些渠道办理签证(金博宝官网通过开放大道所提供的框架所,反过来,在美国移民法坚实的和没有争议的基础建设中)?

A:参与这两种方案的外国人必须在OAF的合作伙伴大学之一提交每周五个小时与大学生的工作。OAF致力于为全球顶级人才,培养未来的员工队伍和完善的职业生涯轨迹为弱势学生群体。

问:我要问这个问题,通过谁的亲身经历的工作签证制度的考验在这两个申请人现在雇主的角色一个企业家提出:你怎么让收入为您提供的服务?

A:Employers pay us for our service of promptly assuring the visa status for their desired workers through the Global Talent Fellowship program. They are often very certain, after experiencing the work ethic of a given employee, that no one else will be as good – so they know it is 100% worth it to pay for our service. In the case of our Social Innovation Incubator, as the fiscal sponsor, we receive 12% of grants that they will receive – and in exchange for that, we develop and support the social entrepreneur (whose idea we’ve already vetted and believe in) and pay them a part-time salary as they fund-raise, and, as a local non-profit, we are the legal avenue (that otherwise would not exist to a foreign national) for applying for grants to help local communities.

问:最后,我收集像你的故事书时,Extreme Entrepreneurship (this is a link to teaser content)- 在危机中创业的任何意见,当现实可以从一天到一天,甚至一小时的以小时改变?

A:这是令人难以置信的可怕。但对于全球人才,本地企业和美国社会的潜在后果,使其值得尝试。

要了解更多信息,这里有再次联系开放式基金途径并向Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL), home of the WIN Lab at Babson