US E2 Treaty Investor Visa and E1 Treaty Trader visas overview
In many cases, it may be worth considering the E2 treaty investor or E1 treaty trader visa scheme. Usually, under the E2 Visa or E1 Visa scheme the business needs to show that it is at least fifty percent owned by a national or nationals on the list of E2 Visa or E1 Visa Countries. Both investors and employees.of the same nationality can come under these visa schemes. E2 treaty investor companies may be able to be registered under the E2 scheme with investments of tens of thousands of dollars or less. This is a much smaller investment requirement than the minimum $500,000 required under the EB5 immigrant investor scheme. You also do not need to employ many people in the US under the E2 Visa and E1 Visa schemes. Once the business is registered under the E2 Visa or E1 Visa scheme E2 and E1 employee visas can be obtained much more cheaply and more quickly than say L1 or H1B visas. E3 visas can only be applied for by Australians.