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.

⁶荷兰。该条约于1957年12月5日生效，适用于阿鲁巴和荷属安的列斯群岛。

⁷挪威。该条约于1932年9月13日生效，不适用于斯瓦尔巴特群岛（Spitzbergen和某些较小的岛屿）。

⁸西班牙。该条约于1903年4月14日生效，适用于所有领土。

⁹苏里南。 1957年12月5日生效的“荷兰条约”于1963年2月10日适用于苏里南。

¹⁰英国。该公约于1815年7月3日生效，仅适用于欧洲的英国领土（不列颠群岛（爱尔兰共和国除外），海峡群岛和直布罗陀）以及该领土的“居民”。 “公约”中使用的这一术语是指“在某一地点实际永久居住，并在其中居住的人。”此外，为了符合本条约规定的条约贸易商或条约投资者资格，外国人必须是英国国民。具有联合王国以外的英联邦成员国籍的个人不符合本条约规定的条约贸易商或条约投资者资格。

¹¹南斯拉夫。美国认为，南斯拉夫社会主义联邦共和国（南斯拉夫联盟共和国）已经解散，以前组成南斯拉夫社会主义联邦共和国的继任者 - 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那，克罗地亚，科索沃，前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国，黑山，塞尔维亚和斯洛文尼亚继续受SFRY有效条约和解散时间的约束。

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.