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Physicians:
E-2 Investor Visas
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The E-2 investor visa
will permit a foreign physician to enter the United
States:
...solely to develop
and direct the operations of an active
enterprise in which he or she has invested, or of an enterprise in which
the
physician is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount
of
capital...
To qualify for an
E-2 investor visa the following criteria must be met:
- The physician/investor
must be a citizen of a Treaty
Country.
- The business must
be an active and ongoing business
enterprise in the United States.
- The physician must
be a majority owner of the
business and must be responsible for actively directing and developing
the
business operations.
- A substantial investment
of at least US $60,000.00
must be invested in the business.
- The business should
employee 2-3 employees.
Physicians who are
citizens of one of the following treaty countries may
have the option of applying for an E-2 visa as an investor.
Albania, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Bolivia, Brunei (Borneo), Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China (Taiwan),
Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Kinshasa), Congo, Republic
of
the (Brazzaville), Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada,
Honduras, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Korea, Kyrgyz Stan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova,
Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama Paraguay,
Philippines, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago,
Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
If you would like
to learn more about the immigration options available to foreign physicians
please send a request to us at:
physicians@usimmigrationlaw.net
or contact:
Leibl & Kirkwood
12865 Point
Del Mar, Suite 190
Del Mar, CA
92014, USA
Tel. (858) 481-5211
Fax. (858) 481-7271
questions@usimmigrationlaw.net
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