[titomc]

US immigration system is broken & is a joke. H1B "skilled" visas are based on your luck (lottery) and not on your skills (surprise). They change the rules every now and then and its a nightmare to be on H1B worrying whether you are in legal status and the fear of being deported. Now LCA is not enough to change your work location. H1B amendment is needed which is another nightmare.

You can go for an investor visa option but it has it own quirks. With the current immigration system, foreign investors or founders should exercise a lot of caution as far the immigration system of US is concerned.

[garethsprice]

Not sure why this is getting downvoted, as someone who came into the US under an E-2 visa I can attest that the system is horribly flawed* & foreign investors/founders definitely should exercise extreme caution.

* - for example, rules of the E-2 state you have to invest your capital, then apply for the visa, which may or may not be granted. If you do it 100% by the book you also have to leave the country while it's under consideration (and leave your investment to run itself). They don't give any guidelines for specific dollar amounts. It then has to be renewed every 2-5 years (again, arbitrary decision) and does not lead to any permanent residency.

It's a mess and I would not recommend it as a long term path to living in the US.

[anigbrowl]

It's not so much broken as designed to fail for political reasons.