At Colombo & Hurd, our immigration attorneys assist clients in the United States and around the world in obtaining the following types of U.S. investor visas:

E-1 Visas: Treaty Trader Visas

E-1 visas are issued to foreign nationals who wish to enter the United States in order to engage in a “substantial trade” between their country of origin and the United States. The trade refers to the international exchange of goods, services, money, and technology.

E-2 Visas: Treaty Investors

There are a variety of USA work visas available to individuals seeking to come to the United States to work. At Colombo & Hurd, we provide comprehensive legal services to those wishing to obtain the following types of work visas:

B-1 Visas: Temporary Business Visitor Visas

B-1 visas permit visitors from foreign countries to temporarily come into the United States for legitimate business, commercial, and work-related purposes.

H-1B Visas: Professionals in Specialty Occupations

E-2 investor visas permit foreign nationals to enter the United States in order to direct and develop a commercial enterprise or business in which they have invested a substantial amount of money or capital. Foreign nationals wishing to obtain E-2 visas must be a citizen of a country with which the U.S. has a treaty of commerce. Although there is no specific dollar amount required under U.S. immigration laws, the investment must be “substantial” and cannot be marginal. The E-2 investor visa is typically initially valid for two to five years and may be extended indefinitely.

Absent a valid visa or other authorization from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), no foreign national has the right to be physically present or work in the U.S. Non-immigrant (temporary) visas are permissions authorizing entry to the U.S. for a specific purpose for a definite time period. Depending how the foreign employer company is structured or chooses to structure its U.S. company, certain of its employees may qualify for an L Intracompany Transferee visa.

General Requirements

EB-5 visas allow foreign entrepreneurs and their dependants to live in the United States in order to manage large-scale investments. To qualify for an EB-5 visa, the entrepreneur must invest $500,000 in a designated regional center or $1 million anywhere in the United States. Regardless of the size of the investment, it must create full-time employment for at least 10 U.S. workers.