Logan Ullyott

The US admits about 200,000 international students from India every year. 4 years later, they graduate into a free-for-all fight for green cards. Fewer than 3% will stay long term. The student visa-to-green-card pipeline is broken, and it hurts everyone. Quick math:

@withkarann_ Actual traction is usually the thing that matters most. Get customers and clearly document what you’re building, usage, etc

This is so helpful. Regarding the visa situation in Germany as a student, I have been in conversation with an authority for approximately 2 months, have submitted LOIs, and want to reach out to people to get faster feedback and funding for the funding round. We are building @Answerdeck a compliance intelligence layer, and we have feedback as well from many people. Only Blocker is VISA. Any Feedback? 😇

Hosting a thing for international founders to understand visa options. If you're applying to YC, Speedrun or other accelerators, this is for you. International student looking to start something? This is for you. Drop a comment/ emoji/ whatever and I'll send you the details.

@tushant_suneja idk about overlook - the expectation is you can get to sf. They just don’t have reliable ways to make that happen, because it’s the founder that needs to take ownership of it

@Loganullyott accelerators often overlook visa nuances for international founders, assuming ycombinator's visa guidance applies universally, but each accelerator has its own visa sponsorship quirks

If you’re an international founder reading this, come hang out and learn about US visas to land in the US: compassvisas.com/O-1_founder_we…

Wake up babe, YC just dropped another fraudco

@gabrielnocode Where the revenue is made up and the valuations don’t matter

@Loganullyott Is it demo day already? The Pinocchio conference?

@Bouazizalex This feels like a subtweet

"A great reason for failing won't preserve one dollar for your investors, won't save one employee's job, or get you one new customer" Great story and advice

@Spshulem YC is for founders to get clowned on twitter, F30 is for founders to get clowned in prison

@Loganullyott I need a YC and F30u30 fight to the death

@pitdesi @alexrkonrad You would ask “who’s your competition?” though? Presumably, one would call the company they are copying their competition. I’m not a VC but I would probably google the competition/ check their site to understand how they are different.

@alexrkonrad Ah I didn’t make it through the video. I have no particular knowledge but when I’m diligencing a company I dont think I would note that another site looks similar

There’s a long history of startups using each other’s websites and marketing as templates. But it’s good to call out when it goes too far. The side by side of the sites for Kled and Luel here is pretty striking, and a bad look for Luel and General Catalyst 👀

@ShagunOhri I’d take a look!

@Loganullyott Not in emails natively (yet) but our marketing agent is definitely up there in sounding like you and gathering/maintaining context. I could give you solo user access and perhaps it can help you with more than just emails :) Lmk!

Almost 10 years of using Superhuman, but their AI responses can’t draft: “Let’s find a time to chat. Here’s my calendar” like I have used probably 10,000 times. What are smart people using for email these days? I want something that sounds like me and gathers context

@stefrich45040 huh?

kinda sick of the fraudsters might just fuck around and make a tool to help USCIS identify O-1 cases with fake media mills, pay-to-play journals, BS awards, judging events, etc. might make things tough for a ton of “profile builders” and the firms that enable them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@docjais Doesn’t really exist outside of the big consultancies/ Tata/Infosys etc

@Loganullyott Make one to identify H1-B ones also

@rachelsjourney @haileyhmt get customers/traction is still often the best advice for anyone that wants a visa!

@Loganullyott @haileyhmt Wow got it!! I didn’t know that…

rejected by a16z speedrun officially - citizenship asked during 1) initial application, 2) pre interview form, 3) follow up email, and 4) reconfirmed again in the final 10 min interview together with visa status - hongkongese, no visa, delware corp without china/hong kong business - told: “you’re solo founder and due to political change, we cannot fund it, but we like u/ur video” not sure if this is related to broader us-china tensions, or things like reports of china blocking the manus meta deal, but as a hongkongese faced political dramas in hong kong & just trying to build a career in the us, i unfortunately seem to be caught in the middle

@rachelsjourney @haileyhmt E-2 not available for chinese citizens and a green card takes ~4 years minimum for China-born ppl.

@haileyhmt Push harder if the US route is what you want. With a del-C, get customers first, apply for a green card or E2, then reapply. Unsure if the problem is your visa or something else, but worth trying.

If this is truly a visa issue, you could attend the program on a B-1/ESTA, and have a US work visa in hand in about ~45-90 days. From the form you shared, it looks like they are assessing some other risk related to Chinese ties. Maybe a stipulation of funding/ LPs? DM me if you wanna chat thru visa stuff though, that's a solvable problem.

@haileyhmt @Loganullyott

I just interviewed with t1 accelerator (yc/a16z speedrun), and one of the final topics they asked about was my visa status. I shared that I’m currently based in Hong Kong and plan to get O1 visa. During the pre-interview process, they had also asked about my country of citizenship. They mentioned that due to political changes, they’re unable to fund me at this stage. They told me they were positive about me/my video and encouraged me to stay in touch.

@Stef_McConnell Yes, and a decent amount of astroturfing + affiliate work, making the whole space noisy with “experts” and “profile builders” and people who don’t really know the space but get paid to pretend they do.

@Loganullyott It seems like the majority of online commentary on work visas/permits (on both sides of the border) is from people who aren't actively involved in that area - or they're new to it and trying to build a high volume application churn

@ansh_chokshi Because if you get it, it comes with a requirement to post about it on LinkedIn every week… and I can’t bring myself there

@Loganullyott curious - why didn't you apply for Eb1A?

Huge sigh of relief - just got MY O-1 visa approved. This was my 5th O-1 approval, and the weirdest, most complicated one yet. My wife jokes that I'm trying to set a record for Person With The Most O-1 Approvals. I'm definitely not. The stress of waiting for processing has probably shaved years off my life. But I've now hit just about every O-1 application type possible: 2018: New O-1 visa to join Legalpad, consular processing 2020: 3 year renewal/extension to stay at Legalpad (they CAN be done) 2022? Change of employer after Deel acquisition 2023: Asked to be put on a PIP at Deel so I could take a vacation and get paid / not get laid off :) Concurrent O-1 visa so I could quit, agent petitioner application submitted from Japan 2026: Agent petition amendment/ extension for Compass Visas + GTM Ventures (consulting + agent petitioner/ agent visa entity). Huge shout out to Kim, our attorney, for discovering and fixing all the issues an overpriced boutique law firm included in my previous petition, like my supposed employment as an Industrial Engineer 🤔

@pirosb3 Apathy, laziness, travel.

@Loganullyott Really interesting background. Assuming you are from Canada originally, why not petition for a green card instead of renewing O1s?