Obtaining an E2 US visa for treaty countries

Conditions for obtaining a visa E-2 For employees

Employees working in commercial companies can apply for an E2 visa. These employees must be citizens of a treaty country with the United States. Also, the ownership of the company must be for the treaty country. If the ownership of the company is not for a country that has a treaty, at least 50% of its ownership must be for a country that has a treaty with the United States.

Generally, 3 categories of employees can get E2 visa:

• Executive staff
• Supervisory staff
• Employees with special skills whose activities are essential for the E2 company.

The conditions for obtaining the US E-2 visa are slightly different for employees working in companies that have a treaty with the US. The most important conditions are:

• The principal employer must be a citizen of a treaty country with the United States.
• Having all employee invoices
• In addition to performing executive or supervisory duties, he must have certain qualifications or skills in the relevant field of work.

In cases where the corporation is not for one owner, at least 50% of it must be owned by persons who are citizens of a treaty country with the United States.

Working conditions of the visa applicant employee E2

The employee must have ultimate control and responsibility for the company’s operations. Also, have certain skills that are necessary or necessary to perform the functional activities of the company. Also, the employee must have the following conditions:

• Proven expertise or skill in operational area
• Specific skills of the field of work
• High salary
• Lack of availability of employees with these skills in America

In some cases, according to the type of investment activity, the immigration officer determines other conditions for the employee applying for E2 visa. The applicant must comply with all the conditions and provide the required documents.

Working conditions for obtaining a visa e2; For employee and investor

Investors and employees with an E2 visa should only work in a company that has been able to obtain this visa by submitting its documents. Of course, employees can work for the parent company (main holding company) or subsidiaries if the following conditions are met:

• Establish communication between organizations.
• Employing a person in that company (parent or subsidiary) is necessary because of executive or supervisory skills.
• The terms and conditions of the person’s employment have not changed.

Of course, apart from these 3 conditions, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) must approve this situation. Any fundamental change in the working conditions of the employee and even the investor should be reported to this organization. The meaning of fundamental change is merger of companies, acquisition, sale of a part of the company or any other event that affects the previous status of the investor or employee. In this case, the investor must send the I-129 form to USCIS. For the employee as well, the employer must send this form.