E-2投资者将商业和经济增长带到美国

E-2投资者是外国公民或与美国签订贸易条约的国家的公司，来美国指导他们投资或正在投资大量资本的新的或现有的企业（与业务类型）。如果购买现有业务，外国公司或公司必须持有控股权益。同样有资格获得E-2身份的是条约投资者或公司在行政职位上雇用的人，或者如果雇员具有使企业运营必不可少的特殊资格的特殊能力，则具有专业能力。投资者或雇主必须是具有条约国家国籍的人，其充分证据是该国家授予的护照。

投资的资金或资产必须直接归属于投资者。需要有关资金来源的文件证据。请注意，投资意味着将资金置于风险之中。因此，诸如房屋或房地产之类的被动投资不能作为E-2条约投资，因为它不需要指导和控制，只是（希望）在价值上升值。投资者必须证明他/她有其他收入来源以维持他和他的家人，同时投资得到巩固。

经过适当准备，申请和证明文件将提交给相应的美国领事处。获得批准后，签证将在申请人的护照（以及任何家庭成员）中签发。只要投资得到维持且业务不“边缘化”，E-2投资者签证就可以无限期地持续下去。此外，一些E-2投资的结构可以使投资者及其家人可以寻求投资 EB-5投资签证.

家庭成员有资格获得E签证

E签证持有人的家庭成员可以持签证持有人进入美国。此类别中包括签证持有人的配偶，以及未满21岁的未婚子女。一旦孩子年满21岁或结婚，他们就不再有权以条约身份留在美国。每个家庭成员都需要与主要“E”申请人一起提交的单独签证申请。

Documentation Required for the E Visa

寻求E-2投资需要多种形式的文档，例如结构合理的商业计划，合法的资金来源，积极投资证明等等，我们的律师事务所很乐意为您提供指导，并协助您组织或准备。欲了解更多信息，请随时 联系我们公司‘s board certified expert in Immigration law.

有资格获得E签证的国家

FOOTNOTES

¹China (Taiwan).  Pursuant to Section 6 of the Taiwan Relations Act, Public Law 96-8, 93 Stat, 14, this agreement, which was concluded with the Taiwan authorities prior to January 1, 1979, is administered on a nongovernmental basis by the American Institute in Taiwan, a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation, and constitutes neither recognition of the Taiwan authorities nor the continuation of any official relationship with Taiwan.

²Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.  The Treaty with the Czech and Slovak Federal Republics entered into force on December 19, 1992; it entered into force for the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic as separate states on January 1, 1993.

³Denmark.  The Convention of 1826 does not apply to the Faroe Islands of Greenland.  The Treaty, which entered into force on July 30, 1961, does not apply to Greenland.

⁴France.  The Treaty, which entered into force on December 21, 1960, applies to the departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Reunion.

⁵Japan.  The Treaty, which entered into force on October 30, 1953, was made applicable to the Bonin Islands on June 26, 1968, and to the Ryukyu Islands on May 15, 1972.

⁶Netherlands.  The Treaty, which entered into force on December 5, 1957, is applicable to Aruba and Netherlands Antilles.

⁷Norway.  The Treaty, which entered into force on September 13, 1932, does not apply to Svalbard (Spitzbergen and certain lesser islands).

⁸Spain.  The Treaty, which entered into force on April 14, 1903, is applicable to all territories.

⁹Suriname.  The Treaty with the Netherlands, which entered into force December 5, 1957, was made applicable to Suriname on February 10, 1963.

¹⁰United Kingdom.  The Convention, which entered into force on July 3, 1815, applies only to British territory in Europe (the British Isles (except the Republic of Ireland), the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar) and to “inhabitants” of such territory.  This term, as used in the Convention, means “one who resides actually and permanently in a given place, and has his domicile there.”  Also, in order to qualify for treaty trader or treaty investor status under this treaty, the alien must be a national of the United Kingdom.  Individuals having the nationality of members of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom do not qualify for treaty trader or treaty investor status under this treaty.

¹¹Yugoslavia.  The U.S. view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that the successors that formerly made up the SFRY – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, continue to be bound by the treaty in force with the SFRY and the time of dissolution.

¹²The E-3 visa is for nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia who wish to enter the United States to perform services in a “specialty occupation.”  The term “specialty occupation” means an occupation that requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge, and attainment of a bachelor’s or higher degree in the specific specialty (or its equivalent) as a minimum for entry into the occupation in the United States.  The definition is the same as the Immigration and Nationality Act definition of an H-1B specialty occupation.

¹³Bolivia.  Bolivian nationals with qualifying investments in place in the United States by June 10, 2012 continue to be entitled to E-2 classification until June 10, 2022.  The only nationals of Bolivia (other than those qualifying for derivative status based on a familial relationship to an E-2 principal alien) who may qualify for E-2 visas at this time are those applicants who are coming to the United States to engage in E-2 activity in furtherance of covered investments established or acquired prior to June 10, 2012.

¹⁴Ecuadorian nationals with qualifying investments in place in the United States by May 18, 2018 continue to be entitled to E-2 classification until May 18, 2028.  The only nationals of Ecuador (other than those qualifying for derivative status based on a familial relationship to an E-2 principal alien) who may qualify for E-2 visas at this time are those applicants who are coming to the United States to engage in E-2 activity in furtherance of covered investments established or acquired prior to May 18, 2018.