O-1 visa

5 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 3, 2024 by Minn Kim · across every show →

Everything said about O-1 visa, oldest first

May 3, 2024 positive
Opinion
The uncapped O-1 visa is America's best-kept secret for tech talent
“And the quote unquote, like hack right now is actually, there's a lot of categories that already exist, but they're only used by like, 10,015 thousand people every year when really they're uncapped. And actually, if more people knew about them, they can self S…”
Minn Kim May 3, 2024 ▶ 16:35 Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
May 3, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Kim: Lighthouse aims to 10x the number of approved O-1 visas
“We want to 10 X the number of people getting a ones approved, because there's no reason why there are 65,000 people getting H one B's and only 10,000 people getting a ones.”
Minn Kim May 3, 2024 ▶ 19:23 Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
May 3, 2024 positive
Opinion
Hollywood mastered O-1 visas for foreign talent, but Silicon Valley hasn't
“Hollywood figured out something that Silicon Valley did not, which is you get really, really talented people from overseas and how do you help them have work authorization and be able to stick, stick around in the country for long enough. And so the O is super…”
Minn Kim May 3, 2024 ▶ 19:47 Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
May 3, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Kim: USCIS premium processing guarantees O-1 visa decisions in 15 days
“Depending on the visa category, so for like something like an O, you pay, you know, a couple thousand dollars to the, to USCIS, and it means you are guaranteed an outcome within 15 calendar days.”
Minn Kim May 3, 2024 ▶ 27:58 Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
May 3, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Only 10,000 people apply for O-1 visas annually, mostly non-STEM talent
“Right now there are 10,000 people who apply roughly every year and only less than half of them are what you would call stem talent, like individuals with technical degrees.”
Minn Kim May 3, 2024 ▶ 19:00 Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret for Skilled Immigration | Minn Kim, Founder of Lighthouse · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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