What is an American E-2 visa?

American E-2 visa is a long-term residence visa issued to citizens of American treaty countries. E investors must be nationals who have bilateral investment treaties and navigation treaties with the United States, create employment opportunities for the United States, inject funds into the American economy, and ensure its normal profits, so as to apply for permanent residency in the United States quickly.

There is no quota limit for issuing E-2 visas in the United States. The E2 visa is generally valid for 5 years, but it can be extended indefinitely as long as the investor's company can make profits normally.

Although E-2 is only a non-immigrant visa in the United States, it can bring many excellent green card-like treatments to visa holders.

Characteristics of American E-2 visa

Short processing cycle, long visa time and high approval rate. When an applicant meets the requirements of passport identity and investment projects in the United States, it usually takes only 1-3 months to obtain an E-2 visa. Applicants who mainly apply for passports from different countries have different validity periods of approved E-2 visas. Note: China is not a contracting state at present, so it is impossible to apply for an E-2 visa with a China passport. Common countries such as Grenada, Turkey, Canada, Japan and Montenegro apply for an American E-2 visa. The validity period of the first examination and approval is 5 years, which can be renewed after the expiration, and the validity period of each examination and approval is 5 years. The approval rate of E-2 visa is basically maintained at around 90%.

Flexible application location and free stay time. Because E-2 is only a long-term visa for non-immigrants, applicants can submit their E-2 application materials through the US consulate and have an interview at the consulate. After getting the E-2 visa, you can choose your residence and residence time freely, and there is no immigration supervisor. After obtaining an E-2 visa, the applicant cannot stay in the United States more than once.

Free education. The spouse of the E-2 principal applicant and the children under the age of 2/kloc-0 can apply for an E-2 visa together as affiliated applicants, and even if the affiliated applicants do not hold passports of E-2 member countries, they can enjoy educational benefits.

4. Reasonably evade US global taxes. The global income of taxpayers in the United States needs to be declared and taxed in the United States. American tax residents include the following three types:

1) American citizen;

2) American green card holders. According to American tax law, new immigrants will automatically become American tax residents and green card holders from the date of landing;

3) Stay in the United States during the tax year of this newspaper 183 days; Or any foreign resident stayed in the United States for 365,438+0 days this year, and the number of days spent in the United States this year and the previous two years multiplied by an index (formula: the number of days spent in this year+the number of days spent in the previous year * 65,438+0/3+the number of days spent in the previous year * 65,438+0/6) accumulated more than 65,438+.

Spouses work freely in the United States. E-2 The main applicant can apply for an E-2 visa together with his spouse, even if the spouse of the main applicant does not have a passport of an E-2 member country. Spouses can apply for EAD work permit after obtaining E-2 visa. Then the spouse has the legal status of freely choosing a job and legally signing an employment contract in the United States.

Flexible management of American investment. In order to obtain an E-2 visa, the principal applicant must not only hold the passport of an E-2 member country, but also invest in an entity enterprise in the United States, and the principal applicant needs to hold 50% or more shares in the enterprise.