1. E-2 visa conditions for American immigrants
1. The American E-2 visa must be an American Trade Association E-2 visa. As a non-immigrant visa, it is valid for four to five years. In recent years, foreigners with this visa can enter the United States. After entering the country, you will get a two-year residence period, and you can apply for an indefinite extension of this residence period. Each extension application is valid for two years. The advantage of E-2 visa is that foreigners who hold this visa will automatically get another two-year period after each exit within two years of entering the United States, without applying for extension. However, after the visa expires, you still need to apply for an E-2 visa again.
2. American E-2 visa investment companies and employees must have the same nationality.
Companies investing in the United States and their employees must have the same nationality as the treaty countries.
People who apply for E-2 visa in the United States must put their funds into investment activities.
For example, the investor has signed an investment contract with the American office, or has purchased inventory for the next investment, which meets this requirement. Fourth, the investment behavior in the United States must be positive, and the company should be invested. Investors who only deposit large sums of money in American banks or make passive investments (such as buying real estate) are not eligible to apply for an E-2 visa.
4. The investment amount of American E-2 visa must be considerable and substantial.
All applications for E2 visa registration need to include a detailed business plan, which should list the company's financial forecast for the next five years. Business plans are very important, because highly detailed and professional plans prove the credibility of investors and commercial enterprises to consular officials. For existing enterprises, visa applicants will be required to provide the latest enterprise or company tax return, which will show the profits generated every year. If a year's business is not particularly profitable, the embassy may consider other relevant factors, such as a one-time legal bill for that year, or the shopkeeper draws wages in addition to the profits shown.
Is there a minimum investment for applying for an E-2 visa? The answer is no. There is no minimum investment limit for investors when applying for E-2 visa. But it turns out that the greater the investment, the greater the possibility of applying for an E-2 visa.
5. American E-2 visa applicants must have control over the enterprise.
According to the provisions of the E2 visa, the E2 investor must prove that he has invested a lot of personal funds in the enterprise, which means that he must put the investor's funds at risk and devote himself to the development of the enterprise. Considerable investment is determined by the ratio of invested capital to the total cost of developing enterprises. Therefore, the "Regulations" did not stipulate the minimum investment. For large-scale investments with a total investment of 500,000 dollars or more, the percentage of total investment that meets the substantive investment requirements will be lower than that of smaller investments.
In addition, if the company applies for an E-2 visa for its employees as an applicant, the employees as beneficiaries must have the position of an administrator or a position that requires special skills to work in the United States.
2. Welfare of American immigrant children
1. Are children of American immigrants free to stay and work in the United States?
After the international students finish their studies in the United States, the first thing to be solved is the identity problem. American F- 1 Students have one-year OPT qualification after graduation. If students do not apply for OPT within 60 days after graduation, they must leave the United States. After getting the OPT visa, find a job, and then the employer will come forward to change the student status of F- 1 to the employment status of H-1B. ?
International students with H- 1B visa can apply for a green card while working, but the general application period is as long as 6-7 years. However, the limited number of places and the mode of drawing lots every year will shut most students out. The data shows that the number of foreign graduates from American universities is143,000, the winning rate is 15%, and the application time is one and a half months. In 2065438+2006, there were 224,000 foreign graduates from American universities, and there were only 65,000 visa places (another 20,000 places were for American talents with master's degree or above, not included in the annual places). It is expected that the application will overspend after five days of opening, and it will be closed as soon as it is full. Compared with the grim situation of H 1B, children who choose EB-5 to invest in immigrants do not need to worry about this problem. After obtaining the green card, they can legally settle in the United States to work or continue their studies.
2. Are the children of American immigrants easy to get into?
Children of permanent residents who get green cards will enjoy the same education as American citizens and have greater opportunities to study in the United States than international students. Generally speaking, the number of international students enrolled each year accounts for about 5%- 10% of the total, and it is open to the whole world. Take Harvard University as an example. In the past seven years, only seven China students have been admitted each year. 90%-95% of the places are reserved for permanent residents or citizens, and about 2,000 local students are admitted every year.
3. Can the tuition fees of American immigrant children be reduced by 2/3?
Primary and secondary schools in the United States implement compulsory education, that is, zero tuition (except private boarding schools for nobles), and students do not need to pay any fees. Compared with local residents in the United States, the tuition fees of international students are much higher. Children need at least 6,543,800 yuan to study in the United States for four years, but the cost of local students is only one-third of that of international students, and local students can also apply for grants. After investors get a green card through EB-5 investment immigrants, they can let their children enjoy the same tuition fees as American citizens before going to college. In addition, green card holders can also establish legal resident status before entering school and enjoy state tuition fees. ?
To apply for an American immigrant visa, you must first submit a payment application to the US Immigration Service. Provide corresponding materials; Background investigation; Supplementary materials; Physical examination; Interview; Immigrant visa packages will be sent home by mail.
3. The content of American immigration policy
1. Extend the regional base project for five years.
2. Adjust the low investment of EB-5 in the US investment immigration policy, with $800,000 for tea areas and $654.38+$20,000 for non-tea areas; The low investment amount can be adjusted at any time with the consent of the Minister of Homeland Security and the Minister of Labor. If it is not adjusted for five years, it will be automatically adjusted according to the price index every five years; The low investment in tea area should always be kept within 50%-75% of the low investment in ordinary area.
3. Reserve 5,000 EB-5 visas for tea areas in each fiscal year; The validity period of tea is 2 years after approval, and each renewal is still 2 years.
4. Clearly put forward that the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce is the official institution to judge the economic model; Direct working hours can only be calculated within 90% of the total working hours created by EB-5; Even if the non-EB-5 investment exceeds 30% of the project funds, the total number of jobs created by it can only be counted as 30% of the total number of EB-5 jobs; Tenant jobs cannot be counted in the total number of jobs created by EB-5.
5. Require investors to provide 7-year tax records; Overseas transfer needs to provide the identity certificate of the transferor; Investors who use donations as the source of investment funds can only be close relatives such as lovers, parents, children, brothers and sisters or grandparents; For investors who take mortgage loans as the source of funds, loans must be issued by reputable banks or lending institutions.
6. Strengthen the requirements of occupation "compliance" in EB-5 investment immigration policy of the United States: refine the certification process of regional bases and put forward more detailed and harsh requirements for the annual review system of regional bases; The documents of the regional base need to be registered with the SEC, and all EB-5 financing activities are defined as acts that occur in the United States and are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; The project party needs to publish the court records of the past ten years and the relevant information of the commission based on the transaction in each link, including the name, contact information and service content of the payee; The heads of regional bases and new commercial enterprises must be permanent residents or citizens of the United States, and they must not have illegal records such as fraud. Enterprises owned by foreign governments cannot participate in regional bases; The regional base has to pay 20,000 dollars for the integrity fund every year to support the immigration bureau's investigation of project compliance; Third-party marketing agencies, that is, immigration agencies outside the United States, need to register with the Immigration Bureau, provide information such as name, address and contact information, and submit an annual report.
7. Provide expedited service for projects waiting for requests for a long time, and approve the business plan of the project in advance; If the American EB-5 investor I-526 is still waiting, you can submit an I-829 application before landing in the United States, and you can get a formal green card directly after landing in the United States or adjusting your identity.