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U.S. Visa Guide for Investors and Entrepreneurs

You have come to the right place if you are looking for information about how to:

Gain hassle-free U.S. entry on a business visitor visa or under Visa Waiver (ESTA) to explore investing in a U.S. company, establishing a U.S. subsidiary of your foreign company, or purchasing a company;
Select the right temporary work visa option to enable you to come to the United States to live while you develop and direct your U.S. investment and also bring in key personnel to work for the company in the United States;
Learn the major requirements of E-2 investor and L-1 intracompany transferee work visa status and how to structure the ownership and control of a U.S. business to facilitate the issuance of a U.S. work visa;
Obtain a U.S. work visa such as an E-2 treaty investor visa, E-1 treaty trader visa, L-1 intracompany transferee visa or other work visa to be able to direct and manage (or otherwise work at) a U.S. company that is foreign owned or properly affiliated with a U.S. entity;
Secure U.S. work visas for key contributors to the U.S. enterprise, and work authorization for dependent family members;
Develop your U.S. company in a fashion that increases the odds of you or other foreign-born employees will become eligible for permanent resident (green card) status based upon the investment in such company; and
Avoid pitfalls that can derail the visa or permanent residence (green card) process.

How to avoid problems while visiting the United States to set up your investment

Choosing your work visa: comparing the E-2 Investor Visa to the L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visa (plus other options)

How the E-2 Investor Visa category works

Deeper insights into the E-2 Investor Visa category

How the L-1 Intracompany Transferee Visa category works

The Entrepreneurial Parole option for investors

Permanent Residence (Green Card) options for investors

Visit our EB-1 and NIW website

Request a free immigration consultation

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Consultations

This site covers these topics in some detail, but you are also welcome to request a free immigration consultation with Lisa M. Galvan, Esq. by sending an email to lisa.galvan@hammondlawgroup.com or calling her office at (513) 287-6865.

Experienced

Lisa M. Galvan has over two decades of experience guiding companies ranging from foreign entrepreneurs who have a U.S. business idea they want to develop to small family-owned businesses to mid-sized private multinational companies to name-recognizable, large publicly-traded companies in navigating the visa and permanent residence process.