E-1 Investment Visa
Requirements:
- A treaty of Commerce or Navigation or Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- Qualifying under the treaty. In order to qualify under one of the treaties, the company or individual engaging in trade must have the same nationality as the treaty country.
- Nationality of Employee or Principle.The rule is that the principle investor or trader (the primary treaty alien) must have the same nationality as the treaty enterprise. You qualify for this requirement.
- The trading company must be engaged in "trade." This is limited to trade in tangible goods as well as services.
- The trade must be substantial. This is measured by the volume of trade, the number of transaction and the continued course of trade.
- The trade must be principally between the U.S. and the treaty country.More than 50% of the trade must be between the U.S. office and the treaty nation.
- The principle must be serving in a managerial or essential skills capacity.The principle must be in an executive, managerial or possibly in a minor capacity who has skills essential to the operation of the business.