What countries can apply for E2 visa?

E2 Visa Countries

E2 visas may only be applied for by people or companies from the following countries:

Argentina,China (ROC),Georgia,Kyrgyzstan,Pakistan,Switzerland

Armenia,Colombia,Germany,Latvia,Panama,Thailand

Australia,Congo,Grenada,Liberia,Philippines,Togo

Austria,Costa Rica,Honduras,Luxembourg,Poland,Trinidad and Tobago

Bangladesh,The Czech Republic,Iran,Mexico,Romania,Tunisia

Belarus,Ecuador,Ireland,Morocco,Senegal,Turkey

Belgium,Egypt,Italy,Moldavia,The Slovak Republic,The Ukraine

Bosnia-Herzegovina,Estonia,Jamaica,Mongolia,Spain,United Kingdom

Bulgaria,Ethiopia,Japan,Netherlands,Sri Lanka,Uzbekistan

Cameroon,Finland,Kazakhstan,Norway,Suriname,Yugoslavia

Canada,France,Korea,Oman,Sweden

How E2 Investor Visa work?

E-2 INVESTORS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS

The influx of investment from foreign countries is one of the most important contributors to the success of any nation’s economy. The E-2 investor visa allows foreign investors to come to the United States based on investment in a U.S business. Certain employees of such a person or of a qualifying organization may be eligible for this classification. As part of the U.S immigration policy, this enables the foreign investors and essential workers from countries that have treaties with the United States to visit under their own distinct visa/ status.

Nationals of qualifying Treaty countries who have made a significant investment in the United States may qualify for E-2 Treaty Investor status. Like the E-1 visa, there is no set minimum level of investment which may qualify for E-2 status, but the lower the investment the less likely one is to qualify. Again, the level of investment must be sufficient to justify the treaty national (or his/her employees) presence in the United States. The investment must be in an operating business – simply buying property or stocks and bonds does not qualify. Also, a substantial part of the investment must have been made before applying for E-2 status.

Things to know before you move to Texas.

1. No State Income Tax

Texas is one of only seven states in the United States where there’s no income tax on wages. The state is funded in part by taxes and royalties on the oil and gas industry in addition to a 6.25% sales tax and taxes on vehicle sales and fuel. The average per-capita state and local tax is $3,099, which is the eighth-lowest tax rate in the United States.

From the football teams to the cuisine to the bugs, it’s true what they say: everything really is bigger in Texas. Learn everything else you need to know about the state at texas.gov.

How EB-5 Immigration Investor Program work?

USCIS administers the EB-5 Program. Under this program, entrepreneurs (and their spouses and unmarried children under 21) are eligible to apply for a green card (permanent residence) if they:

  • Make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States; and
  • Plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.

This program is known as EB-5 for the name of the employment-based fifth preference visa that participants receive.

Congress created the EB-5 Program in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. In 1992, Congress created the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as the Regional Center Program. This sets aside EB-5 visas for participants who invest in commercial enterprises associated with regional centers approved by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.

how E2 visa work?

E2 visa - Treaty Investors
Owner or Developer of the new enterprise from a treaty country that has 50% or more ownership in a substantial US ‘employment creating’ investment.

The Treaty Investor Visa permits citizens of certain Countries (see list below) to reside in the United States through an investment in the U.S.A. The investor must come to manage or oversee the investment. 

Houston Rental Properties

  • More than 320,000 new apartments projected to be completed in 2016, a 50% increase compared to 2015
  • Texas leads apartment construction, with more than 69,000 units projected to be delivered in 2016 in the Lone Star State’s 4 largest metros – Houston, DFW, Austin, and San Antonio
  • San Francisco makes great strides to solve housing shortage, bolsters rental inventory by 126% in 2016

The US apartment market is booming in more ways than one. Rental rates are breaking record after record, with the national average at an all-time high of $1,213 in June and occupancy for stabilized and completed properties across the nation reaching 96.1% as of the end of the first quarter of 2016.

Rent in Houston? Buy in Houston?

Forward-looking indicators also saw big year-over-year increases. Total active listings were up 9.9 percent, and single-family pending sales were up 16.7 percent. Single-family inventory increased to 3.8 months in March, up from a 3.5-month supply both the previous month and a year earlier. Months of inventory estimates the number of months it would take to sell all the home listings on the market today based on the pace of sales over the past 12 months. Nationwide, inventory stands at a 3.8-month supply.