E-1 visa is a great visa for treaty traders who engage in international trade between the U.S. and their home treaty country. Click E-1 requirements to find out more about E-1 visas. One of the E-1 visa requirements is that…
An E-1 visa is a visa that is available to applicants or companies that conduct a significant amount of trade with the U.S. In order to qualify, you must be a Treaty Country, and at least 50% of your international…
One of the E-1 visa requirements is that the trade between the U.S. and E-1 treaty country is substantial. Our clients often ask us: What is substantial trade? What amount is substantial? How many transactions there have to be over…
One of the E-1 visa requirements is that the trade is principally between the U.S. and a treaty country. This means, that more than 50% of the total volume of the international trade must be between the U.S. and the…
Yes. If you are in the U.S. on an E-1 visa and your spouse wants to work in the U.S., he/she will have to apply for and get a work authorization before starting working. The Federal regulations expressly state that…
There are certain situations when our clients qualify for both an E-1 and an E-2 visa. An E-2 visa is a great option if you want to start a business in the U.S., you have invested a substantial amount of…
E-1 visa is a great visa for treaty traders who engage in international trade between the U.S. and their home country. If you want to find out more about an E-1 visa, click here. What is visa validity period? The…
Let’s analyze the following scenario: You are manufacturing certain products in the U.S. and selling these products to your U.S. customers. You are importing some of the materials that are necessary for manufacturing the products from your home treaty country.…
Do I need to have an entity in my home country? Let’s analyze the following scenario: you have been importing goods from your home country to the U.S. or you have been providing services from your home country to the…
E-1 visa is a great visa option if you want to live in the U.S. and you engage in international trade between the U.S. and your home country. You can find out more about the E-1 visa requirements by clicking…
The short answer is: it depends. In all situations, the trade will have to continue in your home country to meet the E-1 requirement that the trade constitutes an “international exchange”. For example, if you have been providing management consulting…
You are not required to submit a Business Plan with your E-1 application, but it still may be a good idea to submit one. Normally a business plan is required for an E-2 visa as it shows the employees that…
E-1 visa is a great visa for treaty traders who engage in international trade between the U.S. and their home country. To qualify for an E-1 visa, you must meet the following requirements: There must be a qualifying treaty between…
USCIS has announced today that nationals of Iran and their dependents are no longer eligible to change or extend their stay in E-1 or E-2 status due to the termination of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular…
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an E-1 visa at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. The visa applicant was a small Canadian company that conducted service trade with the U.S. over a number of years. An E-1 visa…
An E-1 visa is a Treaty Trader Visa and allows nationals from certain countries to live and work in the United States to engage in international trade between the U.S. and their home country. In order to be eligible, the…
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