Monday, November 07, 2011

Immigrant Entrepreneur Gets Visa After 'World News' Story

USCIS has reversed the decision to deport this man and he will finally receive the visa to continue running his business here. - - Donna Poisl

By BEN FORER and CHRISTINE BROUWER

On Tuesday "World News" shared the story of Amit Aharoni, an Israeli national and a graduate of Stanford Business School, who secured $1.65 million in venture capital funding with two cofounders to launch CruiseWise.com, an online cruise booking company.

The company hired nine Americans in just one year. But Aharoni hit rough waters after he received a letter on Oct. 4 from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services denying his request for a visa and notifying him that he needed to leave the country immediately. Aharoni moved to Canada, where he was forced to run his company via Skype from a friend's living room.
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