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It is possible. Even if you own majority shares, you can still articulate your application in such a way that initially you are not on the board but maybe after a event (funding etc.) you can be on the board

It is definitely possible - I've been in your shoes and done it. Transferred an H1 from an existing employer to a startup run by my biz partner (who also had a majority share). We hadn't raised any $$ when the transfer happened, though we closed an angel round a month after the transfer happened.

Things may have changed since 07 (funding requirements, etc). IANAL, though - you definitely want a good immigration lawyer who's familiar with this stuff.

Try operating from Vancouver, BC. There's a reason so many of your kind end up here.

"your kind" sure has a nuance in English that doesn't mean something good...

Totally possible. I've seen it done often. Even by double immigrant founders.