E Visas

E VISA “BASIC INFORMATION”

The E visa is very useful for business owners, managers, and employees who need to remain in the United States for extended periods of time in order to oversee or work in an enterprise engaged in trade between the United States and a foreign country or that represents a major investment in the United States. The E nonimmigrant visa is available only if a “treaty of commerce and navigation” or “bilateral investment treaty” existence between the United States and the foreign country. The E visa is used for treaties between the United States and foreign countries that provide for reciprocal benefits to nationals of each country who invest in the other country or who conduct trade between the two countries.  

·         the E visa can be used for purposes of conducting trade between the United States and the country of majority ownership of the company (E-1), or overseeing investment in the United States (E-2).

·         the E visa can be used by many different types of companies, from one owned by a single investor to a large multinational corporation.

·         the E visa can be used by the company’s principals or by its employees, as long as they are performing functions approved by the applicable rules.

BASIC REQUIRMENTS FOR E VISA  

·         a treaty must exist between the United States and the country an applicant from;

·         majority ownership or control of the investing or trading company must be held by nationals of the country that has treaty agreement with the United States;

·         an individual seeking to obtain E visa must hold a citizenship of the country that has a treaty agreement with the United States.

Treaty countries (E-1 and E-2):

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea (South), Latvia, Liberia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Treaty countries (E-1 only):

Brunei, Denmark, Greece, Israel.

Treaty countries (E-2 only):

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Grenada, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Panama, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine. 

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