Want to move to San Francisco/Silicon Valley - how would I do it?
petercooper: Do you have a degree related to your profession? If so, find a job and get an H-1B. Working "on the side" isn't technically legal but if you kept it low level to start with, it might work out.No degree? If so, I hope you're famous or rich and can get an O-1 (alien of extraordinary ability) to work someplace else, E-2 (treaty investor into a business - $100k bare minimum), or E-5B (wider scope of investments but at a higher level - $500k/$1m).If you have an existing company with staff and potential for expanding to the US (guessing you don't!), the various L-* visas could also be useful.Alternatively, and not entirely legal, go and study in the US (on an F-1 visa) and then do your startup on the side. Be prepared to show that you have money to support your living for this time though (or a source of external money).Want a story to read about the E-2 process? Well, TechCrunch ran one a year ago :-) http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/02/coming-to-america-getting-v...