Investors

International Entrepreneur Rule Gets a Second Chance

(Read more about International Entrepreneur Rule in the earlier article here) On December 1, 2017, in National Venture Capital Association v. Duke the United States District Court of the District of Columbia ruled the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) violated the Administration Procedure Act’s (APA) notice and comment rulemaking requirements when it decided to …

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International Entrepreneur Rule

The following information has been further updated due to subsequent legal developments. Please also review the updated article Investor Entrepreneur Rule Gets a Second Chance. The Entrepreneur Rule that was set to go into effect on July 17, 2017, has been delayed until March 18, 2018, to allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an …

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Treaty Traders and Investors

Foreign nationals who wish to come to the U.S. to engage in international trade or to direct and operate a business investment may do so if they are citizens of a country that has entered into a qualifying Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation or its equivalent with the United States using the E visa.  This is …

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EB-5 Investor Visa Overview

Twenty two years ago, the United States began to allow investment-based immigration to the US. Investment-based immigration occurs through the EB-5 visa program, which grants conditional permanent residency to immigrants and their families over a two-year period. The immigrant investor must 1. invest $1,000,000 in a new commercial enterprise in the United States, 2.create or …

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