Visa Business Plans
Professional Immigration and Investor Business Plans Tailored to Your Visa
A well written, comprehensive business plan is needed to facilitate the approval process when seeking work, business or investor visas. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires a business plan as evidence of the intention to work, trade or invest in the United States. USCISC requires evidence that the presence of the applicant, particularly with EB-5 Investor Visas, will contribute to and benefit the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment.
Additionally, when seeking the services of a Visa Business Plan writer, it's crucial that the writer or team possess advanced knowledge of business and/or international trade, the ability to produce financials, industry and market analysis, marketing, and the importance of compliance, including the requirements of various U. S. government agencies.
The writer or team should also understand your short-, medium- and long-term goals and one who can write in business English. Your business plan writer must understand the integral part the business plan plays in conjunction with the required petitions, applications and other forms as applicable. Lastly, the services of a Certified Acceptance Agent, who knows the types of Visas will be beneficial; retaining an Immigration attorney is a must.
High-Level Business Plans For Work, Trade or Investment
USCIS Requirements
In order to facilitate the process with USCIS, it is critical that a well written, comprehensive business plan be submitted and include the following, at minimum:
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An Executive Summary
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A Description of the Company (Parent Company if applicable)
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A Description of Products and/or Services
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An Industry & Market Analysis
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A Competitive Analysis
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A Sales & Marketing Plan
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A Management and Organizational Overview
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Financial Projections for 3-5 years
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Matter of Ho Compliant (as applicable)
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Visa Classification
B-1 Temporary Business Visa
The nonimmigrant B-1 Visa for Temporary Business allows select individuals to enter the U. S. for a specific limited amount of time for legitimate business purposes. This individual must demonstrate that they have the funds necessary to cover expenses while in-country and that they have a home abroad they intend to, or binding ties.
Eligibility to engage in commercial or professional purposes on a B-1 visa may include, but are
not limited to:
- Consulting with Business Associates
- Traveling for a scientific, educational, professional or business convention, or a conference on
specific dates - Settling an estate
- Negotiating a contract
- Participating in short-term training
- Transiting through the United States: certain persons may transit the United States with a
B-1 visa - Deadheading: certain air crewmen may enter the United States as deadhead crew with a
B-1 visa
E-1 Treaty Trader Visa
The E-1 nonimmigrant classification allows individuals of treaty countries, or certain employees of qualified organizations, to be admitted to the U.S. to carry out international trade. A treaty country is "a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation) to be admitted to the United States solely to engage in international trade on his or her own behalf," as stated by USCIS.
E-2 Treaty Investor Visa
The E-2 nonimmigrant classification allows individuals of treaty countries to be admitted to the U.S. for the purpose of "investing a substantial amount in a bona fide enterprise," whether purchasing or creating a new business. A stipulation is that the individual develop and direct the business, with at least 50% ownership or operational control. This visa must be renewed every other year, but there is no limit to how many times it can be renewed.
EB-5 Investor Visa
The EB-5 program was created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy. Geared towards investors and entrepreneurs, the objective of this program is job creation and capital investment. In 1992, Congress established the Immigrant Investor Visa program, also known as the EB-5 Regional Center program, for the purpose of establishing commercial enterprises associated with USCIS-approved regional centers based on "proposals for economic growth" within a geographic region.
Required minimum investments are:
- Qualifying investment in the United States of $1 million
- Investment of at least $500,000 in a "Targeted Employment Area" (High Unemployment or
Rural Area)
H-1B Specialty Occupation, DOD Exceptional Ability or Fashion Model Distinguished Merit Visa
The H1-B category of visa "applies to people who wish to perform services in a specialty occupation, services of exceptional merit and ability relating to a Department of Defense (DOD) cooperative research and development project, or services as a fashion model of distinguished merit or ability."
L-1 Intracompany Transferee (Managerial, Executive or Specialized Knowledge) Visa
The L-1 nonimmigrant visa allows U.S. employers to transfer executives, managers or those with specialized knowledge from one of its foreign offices to a U.S.-based office. The U.S. office must be a parent company, branch, subsidiary, or affiliate and be a viable business. The USCIS allows "a foreign company which does not yet have an affiliated U.S. office to send an executive or manager to the United States with the purpose of establishing one." This visa is valid generally for three years and the employee must have worked abroad for the company for at least one year prior to being granted L-1 status.
O-1 Extraordinary Ability or Achievement Visa
The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals who possess "extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements."
The O nonimmigrant classification is commonly referred to as:
- O-1A: Individuals with an extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business, or athletics (not including the arts, motion pictures or television industry)
- O-1B: Individuals with an extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement
in motion picture or television industry
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