Visas For Tech Entrepreneurs May Get Lawmakers’ Focus

Published: November 23, 2012

Investor’s Business Daily
November 23, 2012

Observers expect lawmakers to resume efforts to create a streamlined visa designed specifically for tech entrepreneurs, now that the presidential election is over.

“After the election, the politicians … will come to their senses,” said Vivek Wadhwa, a Stanford Law School fellow.

It makes financial sense for the U.S. to remove obstacles, he says. Foreign tech entrepreneurs would bring savings and financing from abroad — an infusion of billions of dollars into the U.S., he says.

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