Live and Work in USA!
RelisLaw’s legal support team for E-2 Visa Business Entrepreneurs and Managers.
E-2 visas offer a pathway for foreign investors and their families to temporarily live and work in the United States for up to 5 years at a time, which is renewable. This non-immigrant visa category is designed to encourage foreign investment and business development in the U.S. economy.
| Eligibility | Investment | |
|---|---|---|
| E-2 VISA | – Be a citizen of a country that has a trade and navigation treaty with the United States. – Have already invested, or be actively investing, a significant amount of money in a legitimate business in the United States. – Be coming to the United States solely to manage and grow that investment. This is demonstrated by owning at least half of the business, or by having operational control through a management role or other similar corporate structure. | – Significant relative to the total cost of either buying an existing business or starting a new one. – Large enough to demonstrate the investor’s strong financial commitment to the business’s success. – Of a size that makes it likely the investor will successfully manage and grow the business. Importantly, if the business requires less total investment, the investor’s contribution must be a higher proportion of that total to be considered substantial. |
E-2 VISA
Eligibility:
– Be a citizen of a country that has a trade and navigation treaty with the United States.
– Have already invested, or be actively investing, a significant amount of money in a legitimate business in the United States.
– Be coming to the United States solely to manage and grow that investment. This is demonstrated by owning at
least half of the business, or by having operational control through a management role or other similar corporate structure.
Investment:
– Significant relative to the total cost of either buying an existing business or starting a new one.
– Large enough to demonstrate the investor’s strong financial commitment to the business’s success.
– Of a size that makes it likely the investor will successfully manage and grow the business. Importantly, if the business requires less total investment, the investor’s contribution must be a higher proportion of that total to be considered substantial.
