Hello,
I am currently a Ph.D. student in a US university and I expect to graduate in Dec. 2005. My advisor and I have a tech idea and we would like to form a company out of this. I understand that now I can not do it because I am holding F-1 visa. I expect to get a H-1 visa after graduate and work with my advisor to setup this company. The company can be registered under my advisor's name. My question is that whether I can become a share owner of the company, for example I own 40% of the company.
We are also trying to apply a grant from the government and I will be appointed as the primary investigator in the grant application becuase my advisor has some conflict issue with the university. Can I act as the PI with the F-1 visa? Thanks a lot for your kind reply.
I am currently a Ph.D. student in a US university and I expect to graduate in Dec. 2005. My advisor and I have a tech idea and we would like to form a company out of this. I understand that now I can not do it because I am holding F-1 visa. I expect to get a H-1 visa after graduate and work with my advisor to setup this company. The company can be registered under my advisor's name. My question is that whether I can become a share owner of the company, for example I own 40% of the company.
We are also trying to apply a grant from the government and I will be appointed as the primary investigator in the grant application becuase my advisor has some conflict issue with the university. Can I act as the PI with the F-1 visa? Thanks a lot for your kind reply.