Travel and immigration to United States

Travel and immigration to United States:

Investor visa programs for travel and immigration to United States:

United States is considered as the strongest economy in the world due to its advantages and policies that make it the most attractive country for investment.There are various methods of investment and types of visas, including:

1) Investors visa E-2:

A visa provided by the United States of United States to some countries, with which it has signed with trade treaties, so that citizens of these countries have the right to benefit from the text of the agreement and travel under the name of E-2 visa. In order for the applicant to obtain this type of visa, he shall establish a new project or engage in an existing project to obtain this visa, provided that his partnership percentage shall not be less than 50% of the project value, so that he could apply for this type of visa.

Value of the project or partnership: The law specified no value for a project or commercial activity, but based on our experiences, the customer could invest from 120,000 to USD150, 000, and no doubt the large amount is better for the file acceptance.

Period of the entire process ranges from 3 to 6 months to complete and obtain visas.

After obtaining this visa, the customer could travel with his family and reside inside United States, provided that the children shall be under the age of 19.

This visa would be renewed every two years for life as long as the project is existing.

This visa may be converted in the future to another type such as (EB-5) after fulfilling specific requirements.

The applicant’s main partner (husband or wife) could work at full capacity and is not subject to a specific restriction.

2) Investors visa EB-5:

This type of investment was approved by Congress in order to attract more job and investment opportunities to the United States economy. There are two types of investment, whether the person himself manages the project while providing 10 job opportunities for citizens or residents inside United States, or to contribute to existing projects through companies approved by the United States government, which are known as regional centers. In order to obtain this type of visa, we go through either of two ways, namely:

  1. Investment in the amount of USD500 thousand in rural or remote areas that suffer from a shortage of jobs and far from major cities and have a population of 20,000 people.
  2. Investment in the amount of USD1, 000,000 and it is not required to invest in certain regions within United States.

There are specific conditions for investing in this type of visa, which are as follows:

  1. Providing 10 new jobs, if the project is new, or maintaining the same number if the project already exists, taking into consideration that if the investment is made through the regional centers, it shall bear the responsibility to fulfill this condition, whether through direct or indirect employment.
  2. Proving the source for funds used in the investment and that they were obtained legally.
  3. No criminal record against the investor in his home country or the applicant has been residing in United States for more than six months illegally.
  4. Your investment plans as an investor in the event that you manage the project on your own and not through a regional center.
  5. The investor is not required to have a certain level of education or English Language.

Advantages of obtaining this type of visa:

  1. Obtaining a green card or permanent residence for the investor and his family.
  2. Obtaining United States citizenship five years after obtaining the green card.
  3. Full enjoyment of medical insurance and free education.
  4. The investor is not required to manage the project, in case the work is done through a regional center.
  5. It is not required to reside in the project location, in the case of working with a regional center, since the investor could reside anywhere inside United States.

Business Manager Visa L-1A:

  • Under this type of visa, executive managers and holders of senior positions in companies could travel to and reside in United States through opening a branch of the parent company, provided that he supervises and manages the new branch. Several conditions shall be met so that we could proceed with obtaining the required approval to establish the new branch and travel to United States, which are as follows:
  1. There shall be a legal link between the new branch in United States and the parent company outside United States.
  2. The law stipulated the effectiveness of the new branch and that it shall be active in practicing some establishment activities such as: renting an office or headquarters-hiring some employees – establishing a website or buying some furniture and others.
  3. Proving that the branch manager is on duty and he has been taking this position over for at least one year during the last three years prior to travel.
  4. The manager shall have the experience and enjoy the executive powers and not just an ordinary employee within the parent company, as he would be the decision maker in the new branch and responsible for its management and the development of policies and mechanisms of work, and the visa is granted to some people holding the following positions (General Manager– Executive manager– Sales Manager –Financial Manager- Marketing Manager).
  5. Manager of the foreign company’s branch shall appoint some employees, especially in the last months of the first year following the branch opening, to prove the company’s credibility and seriousness on operating the branch and practicing activities for which the branch was opened.

The parent company shall indicate its financial situation by submitting its bank accounts or annual budget to prove its ability to bear the costs of opening a branch and its ability to pay the financial burdens and the costs of establishing a branch

Advantages of obtaining this type of visa:

  1. The main applicant could bring his wife and his children under the age of 21.
  2. Persons affiliated with the main applicant have the right to work and benefit from the health and educational services system provided by the United States government.
  3. The applicant receives a visa at first for a period of one year and then renewed for up to seven years.
  4. An application for a green card may be submitted after the first year of residence, through which a person becomes eligible for citizenship after spending five years of his residence in United States.
  5. The applicant could work and move freely to another place after obtaining the green card, provided that he continues to manage the branch of the foreign company.
  6. Financial risks on this type of visa are few, however, a required and effective investment volume and action plans should have already been implemented such as advertising, marketing and the conclusion of some agreements.
  7. It is not required to transfer funds from the parent company, but seriousness could be proved through a letter of undertaking to bear all the costs of establishing the new branch and the person responsible for, with explaining his powers over the foreign branch.
  8. The manager’s work could be proved through a letter on the company’s papers, indicating the period of his work through the assigned work tasks, powers and responsibilities inside the parent company, in addition to clarifying the motives and reasons for nominating this manager to manage the new branch.