[planck1]

Hi Peter, thank you so much for this! I have questions about the O1 visa.

1. If a startup sponsors an O1 for a founder, will there be any issues with 1/ the O1 founder having the CEO title 2/ the O1 founder owning between 30-50% equity in the company? Is it effectively the same as if I was on a green card?

2. If the startup that sponsors the O1 substantially pivots to a new idea, what are the implications for visa status? Does it require an entirely new application?

Thanks so much!

[proberts]

Regarding your first question, both are generally non-issues. Regarding your second question, the answer depends less on changes to the company's business model or more on changes to the O-1's job duties but generally a new O-1 petition shouldn't be required.