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Q.If I buy or start a small business in the U.S. can I live in the U.S.?
A.YES, if you can qualify as an "E-2 Treaty Investor". E-2 Treaty Investor is a non-immigrant visa category that permits a non-U.S. citizen investor to start a new, or purchase an existing, business in the United States. The E-2 Visa has no maximum periods of stay, is renewable indefinitely, and allows the alien to work in the United States. To qualify for E-2 status, the alien investor must: (1) be a national of one the countries with which the U.S. has a Treaty of Commerce & Navigation; (2) have invested or be actively in the process of investing a "substantial amount of money" in a U.S. business; and (3) take an active role in managing and directing the business. While there is no fixed dollar amount for the amount needed to be invested, generally the minimum investment required in an active commercial enterprise is between $200,000 and $300,000 U.S. dollars.
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