H-1B Self-Sponsorship for Founders and Business Owners
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The H-1B visa allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.
These roles must require specialized knowledge and at least a bachelor’s degree in a specific field.
An H-1B visa must be sponsored by a U.S. employer.
In some cases, founders can use their own U.S. company if the business operates as a real employer and offers a professional, degree-level role.
The H-1B allows founders to work in their own company in a defined professional role.
It helps show how the business operates and how the founder’s responsibilities fit within it.
In founder-sponsored H-1B cases, the petition must show that the company is a real U.S. employer offering a professional role that meets H-1B requirements.
A business plan helps bring together how the company operates, what role it offers, and how that role fits within the business. This allows your immigration attorney to present the case in a consistent and organized way.
Every business has a different ownership profile and operational setup. When the company is used to sponsor the founder, the role must stand on its own as a real position within the business, not simply a function of ownership.
Your company must be presented as a real U.S. employer, where the founder’s role is clearly defined and supported by the company’s operations. Generic or templated content can weaken how the business and role are understood in an H-1B petition.
An H-1B petition for a founder or owner requires the business, the role, and the qualifications to align as a real professional position.
Ownership, control, and day-to-day responsibilities must support a specialty occupation role, and this is where many founder cases break down.
Your H-1B case is built across multiple documents, where your business, your role, and your documentation must align. In a founder case, these elements are often developed separately, but they must come together as one consistent position.
When they do not, it becomes harder to present a clear and credible position within the petition.
With extensive experience preparing business plans for immigration matters across a wide range of industries, we bring that same business-planning discipline to founder-sponsored H-1B cases.
We bring over 20 years of experience working on business planning and related areas across multiple industries.
This includes experience in:
This background supports how we develop business plans used in immigration contexts.
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The H-1B visa allows employers in the United States to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations. These are professional roles that require specialized knowledge and at least a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a specific field.
No. An H-1B petition must be filed by a United States employer. A foreign national cannot self-petition for H-1B classification.
Yes, in some cases.
Under a Department of Homeland Security rule published in 2025, certain founders who own their U.S. company may qualify for H-1B through that company. The business must meet the definition of a United States employer, including having a real job offer, legal presence, and the ability to comply with H-1B requirements.
The case must still meet all standard H-1B criteria, including:
A specialty occupation role
A qualified worker
A valid Labor Condition Application
Compliance with wage requirements
This package is built for H-1B petitions involving founders.
It focuses on how the company operates as a U.S. employer and how the founder’s role meets specialty occupation requirements. The business, role, and qualifications are developed together to support the framework that your immigration attorney must present.
The result is a business plan your immigration attorney can use when preparing the H-1B petition.
Even if you own the company, it must act as a U.S. employer offering you a real job in a specialty occupation.
The petition must show that the company operates as a separate business, that your role is a professional position requiring a specific degree, and that all standard H-1B requirements are met.
In standard H-1B cases, the employer and employee are separate.
In founder-sponsored cases, they are connected. The petition must clearly explain how the company functions as an employer and how the founder’s role qualifies as a specialty occupation.
No.
We do not provide legal advice or file H-1B petitions. Your immigration attorney is responsible for all legal analysis, strategy, and filings.
We focus exclusively on preparing the business plan used as part of the petition.
In founder-sponsored H-1B cases, the petition must show that the company is a real U.S. employer offering a professional role that meets H-1B requirements.
A business plan helps bring together how the company operates, what role it offers, and how that role fits within the business. This allows your immigration attorney to present the case in a consistent and organized way.
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