Most of the applicants from UK,I have seen you guys mentioning "lawyers" ,so your lawyer applies for you instead of a consultant.
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Dang June 2019, this guy's patience is remarkable.
Not E2. Its EB5. Its not 100K. Its between $500,000 to $1 Million depending the place of investment. Its not as easy as it sounds. The only advantage of having Canadian passport is TN visa and it applies to few jobs only Mostly STEM). One more path is thru L1 Visa and eventually applying for GC thru Eb1.
Wrong, E2 is different from EB5. E2 visa is only for citizens of countries which has trade treaty with US. Investment can be as low as 100k or even less than that depending on location and other factors. This visa let's you stay in US from 3 to 5 years again depending on your application. Your spouse can work on EAD and your children can attend school, college in US.
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You know I may not even need to go to Canada to get this visa...
I'll research on my own later but is there a chance to obtain a GC once the E2 visa expires? Or can it be extended like H1B?
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Qualified treaty investors and employees will be allowed a maximum initial stay of two years. Requests for extension of stay in, or changes of status to, E-2 classification may be granted in increments of up to two years each. There is no limit to the number of extensions an E-2 nonimmigrant may be granted. All E-2 nonimmigrants, however, must maintain an intention to depart the United States when their status expires or is terminated.
Man this visa is really good actually...
Seeing all those fswo ppr messages is really heartwarming
was trickle until october, It's PPR drizzle now. The Q1 2022 will reveal the ppr rain clouds and the all program draws waiting to enter.
I woke up to a call from my solicitor's office that 3 applicants received passport request in the past 8 hours. I will try to get their details, but now i should wake up and eat.
yes lokidoki =D
loki you AOR ? or Pre-ITA?
Definitely, if you are from one of those countries with trade treaty with US, 100k is a small amount for such good visa.
It is both, you can extend and also apply for GC but I am not sure about details though.
Edit: This visa might not be eligible for GC
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You can extend E2, but you cannot apply for GC for E2, since E2 is not a dual intent visa. It's like a TN1 except that it's for entrepreneurs, and available for a much broader amount of countries.
The catch is that you must OWN at least 50% of the company you're working on. So for example if you plan to work in say Microsoft or Facebook, you must own at least 50% of Microsoft or Facebook.
- Be seeking to enter the United States solely to develop and direct the investment enterprise. This is established by showing at least 50% ownership of the enterprise or possession of operational control through a managerial position or other corporate device
You also cannot work in any other company except the company you're currently invested on. In the event, that the said company is sold or folds, you get kicked out of the US, similarly if you leave the company either by resignation or retirement, the US gets to kick you out.
Alternatively you can also work for a company whose original ownership is in your country provided that you own 50% of that company in your country. For example, you opened ABC restaurant with a 50% stake in your home country. The restaurant then decided to open a separate international brand XYZ restaurant in the US. The XYZ is owned exclusively by ABC, hence from the US perspective you are NOT the owner of XYZ restaurant. But since you own at least 50% of the parent company ABC, you would be eligible to work for XYZ company in the US.
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That said, I feel that it's too risky, too capital intensive, and personally I'm just an engineer, without an interest in entrepreneurship, so I would have to give this one a pass, but then again if it's your cup of tea. More power to you!
I’ve now counted approximately 20 FSW-O PPRs from CPC-Ottawa since yesterday
As per my assumption; for every 5 PPRs announced publicly, 10 PPRs go unnoticed (not everyone has social media presence and some prefer to keep things private)
okay correction, taking into account the hidden PPRs, 60 down 57940 more to go. We’ll get there.