[SiliconBeach] Re: For all fellow Start-Up Entrepreneurs, a LawPath article in the SMH that could save you $1.7m

2013-05-08 Thread drllau
And after asking some UK lawyers, found out that In Asia-Pacific, for example, only Australia and New Zealand meet the European Commission's criteria of having the adequate level of protection by reason of its domestic law or of the international commitments it has entered into, according to

[SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Ernest Semerda
3) Has anyone had their spouse come over on the E-3D and then filled the I-765 to be able to work? I've been told that this takes 90 day and can only be done while you're in the US - any work arounds known? Yes it can take up to 90 days. It has to be done in the US at the social security

Re: [SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Sriram Panyam
That's interesting. My wife's ead process is underway and we were told we cant get an SSN until she gets an EAD! On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Patrick Collins wrote: Yes, the EAD can take a while. For my wife it took 5 months because we had to start over due to clerical errors. It can be

RE: [SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Dean Collins
Nope I can tell you from my L2 it's the other way around. lol and don't try to buy a mobile phone until you have your social Jthey don't know what to do with you. Cheers, Dean From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On

RE: [SiliconBeach] Angels and Startups need a better platform to 'hook-up' :]

2013-05-08 Thread Dean Collins
You might want to check out www.ourcrowd.com/ Its only for accredited investors here in the USA.so the same would apply in Australia. It's the government that's the problem herenot the technology. Regards, Dean Collins d...@cognation.net mailto:d...@cognation.net

Re: [SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Elias Bizannes
Why complicate life: the visa waiver is three months long and they'll let you on a second time. The next best thing is the B visa.  Living for under a year you won't be a enough to develop a credit rating which is just as much of a pain as not getting a social security number.  Since you

Re: [SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Sriram Panyam
hmm looks like I am gonna get a nasty surprise... The SS office was adament I needed to get my wife's EAD before I could get her SSN! Also the lawyers who filed her EAD didnt actually ask for an SSN as well. Oh I am applying on an E3 visa btw, if that makes a difference. On Wed, May 8, 2013

Re: [SiliconBeach] E-3 Visa Problems

2013-05-08 Thread Michael Still
IIRC you also need to redo the EAD process each time the E-3 gets renewed. Most of the people I know on an EAD gave up in the end and became people of leisure. Michael On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Sriram Panyam sri.pan...@gmail.com wrote: hmm looks like I am gonna get a nasty surprise...

[SiliconBeach] Sydney Social - Delurk

2013-05-08 Thread Michael Ridland
Hi All Today will be my first silicon beach social and would like to give a bit of a introduction/de-lurk. I'm Michael Ridland, I've spent 15 or so years in tech companies as software/web guy. I've had a go at a few start-ups that didn't work out. One of the reasons they didn't work out was