Business Immigration
Investor Immigration
Immigration strategy for entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and families building across borders.
Overview
Investor Immigration
Investor visas offer foreign entrepreneurs, executives, and families a structured pathway to enter, operate, expand, or invest in the United States. Depending on the client’s nationality, investment profile, business objectives, and long-term immigration goals, the appropriate strategy may include a temporary business visa, a company-expansion visa, or a direct path toward permanent residence.
The E-2 Treaty Investor visa may be available to nationals of qualifying treaty countries who make a substantial investment in a real and operating U.S. business. The E-1 Treaty Trader visa may assist qualifying individuals and companies engaged in substantial trade with the United States. For established international companies, the L-1 visa can support the transfer of executives, managers, or specialized-knowledge personnel to a U.S. affiliate, subsidiary, or new office. For investors seeking permanent residence, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program provides a green card pathway through qualifying capital investment and job creation.
Each option requires careful planning around source of funds, ownership structure, business viability, timing, tax exposure, and family objectives. Our role is to align immigration strategy with the client’s broader business, wealth, and cross-border planning goals.
Who This Service Is For
Situations We Commonly Review
- Entrepreneurs investing in or purchasing a U.S. business
- Companies expanding from Mexico or another country into the United States
- Executives and managers transferring to a related U.S. entity
- Businesses engaged in substantial treaty trade with the United States
- Investors evaluating permanent-residence strategies through EB-5
- Families coordinating immigration with business, wealth, and cross-border planning
Sound like your situation? Request a consultation or call 888-305-0261.
Our Process and What to Expect
A Clearer View of the Process
- 01
Define the Objective
Clarify whether the goal is temporary entry, company expansion, long-term residence, family relocation, or permanent residence.
- 02
Structured Assessment
Review nationality, immigration history, capital, source of funds, business experience, ownership goals, family needs, and timing.
- 03
Select and Structure the Pathway
Analyze treaty eligibility and investment structure for E-1/E-2, company relationships and staffing for L-1, or investment vehicle, job creation, and source of funds for EB-5.
- 04
Prepare the Business and Legal Record
Coordinate business plans, entity documents, ownership evidence, financial records, operational proof, and the immigration filing.
- 05
Coordinate Broader Planning
Consider entity formation, tax exposure, banking, insurance, investment management, estate planning, and family-transition issues alongside immigration strategy.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Every case is different — these answers are general information, not legal advice about your situation. For advice about your case, call 888-305-0261 or request a consultation.
How much money is needed for an E-2 visa?
There is no fixed regulatory minimum. The investment must be substantial relative to the business, committed and at risk, and sufficient to support a real operating enterprise.
Do I need to be in the United States to start?
No. Many E-1 and E-2 applicants proceed through a U.S. consulate. Other clients may use a USCIS process when they are already in the United States and eligible.
Does E-2 provide a direct green card path?
No. E-2 is a nonimmigrant classification. An investor may later qualify for a separate immigrant category, but that requires an independent strategy and eligibility analysis.
How are E-2, E-1, L-1, and EB-5 different?
E-2 focuses on treaty investment, E-1 on treaty trade, L-1 on transfers within related companies, and EB-5 on qualifying investment and job creation for permanent residence.