An E2 visa lawyer should confirm your nationality qualifies, test whether your investment is substantial for the business you are buying or starting, and prepare the consular or USCIS filing. Compare 5 law firms and advisers by credentials, scope and fees.
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Quick answer: this directory lists 5 USA E2 Visa providers, unranked, with paid profiles listed first. 2 independent firms have passed GVL's full firm credentials check, a separate review from the bar-number count: Harvey Law Group and WR Immigration (Wolfsdorf Rosenthal). Use the filters to narrow by provider type, language and fees.
The E-2 is a US treaty investor visa. You must be a national of a country with a qualifying treaty with the United States, have invested or be actively investing a substantial amount of capital in a real, operating US business, and come to develop and direct it, which USCIS ties to at least 50% ownership or operational control (USCIS).
There is no fixed minimum investment. The business may not be marginal: it must be able to generate more than a minimal living for you and your family, or be expected to within five years if it is new (8 CFR 214.2(e)).
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WR Immigration (Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP) advises individual investors on EB-5 and E-2 matters and provides separate regional-center and developer services, with a main office in Santa Monica.
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UK-registered investment-migration advisory helping international clients compare and apply for residence and citizenship programmes.
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U.S. immigration law firm Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP, headquartered at 2000 Market Street, Philadelphia, advising EB-5 and E-2 investors, regional centers and developers.
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Managing Partner of WR Immigration, advising on business and investment visas, including EB-5, and a State Bar of California Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.
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A useful first assessment should test three things in writing: whether your nationality qualifies on the State Department's treaty country list, whether your investment is substantial relative to the cost of the business, and whether the business plan shows it is not marginal.
Applicants outside the United States apply for an E-2 visa at a US consulate. Someone already in the US in lawful nonimmigrant status can ask USCIS for a change of status on Form I-129, but not from outside the country. Initial stays are up to two years, with extensions in increments of up to two years and no limit on the number of extensions (USCIS).
Spouses in valid E-2 status are employment authorised incident to status. The E-2 does not lead to a green card by itself; investors who want permanent residence often compare it with the EB-5, covered by our EB5 lawyer directory.
Ask for a written price that separates the eligibility review, business plan, source-of-funds tracing, the consular or USCIS filing, family members and renewals. Government fees, business-plan writers and accounting are usually separate. Directory fee bands describe a provider's broader services where published; they are not an E-2 quote.
There is no fixed minimum. The investment must be substantial relative to the cost of the business, at risk, and enough to make a non-marginal business viable. Ask a US immigration lawyer to test your numbers before you commit funds.
Only nationals of countries with a qualifying treaty with the United States. The State Department publishes the current list; some investors acquire a qualifying second nationality first, which needs separate advice.
Yes. USCIS treats spouses in valid E-2 status as employment authorised incident to status.
Not by itself. It is a renewable nonimmigrant visa. Investors who want permanent residence usually look at the EB-5 instead or as a later step.
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