Employment Based Permanent or Immigrant Visas
A foreign national who has invested or is in the process of investing $1,000,000 (One
Million US Dollars) in the US can immigrate to the US.
This investment can be reduced to half a million dollars in some cases.
The investment must create at least 10 full time jobs for US workers (excluding the
investor and family members of the investor).
The investor must be the active manager of the enterprise by day-to-day managerial control
or through policy formulation.
Processing Time:
Between 4 (four) and 8 (eight) months.
Notes:
The foreign individual can enter the US in another temporary work
visa status and within two to three months apply for change to immigrant status even on
the basis of the same employment. The spouse and children under the age of 21 can
accompany the foreign individual.