Matt

hello forks:

I need your precious advice.

can a foreigner on F-2 visa status ( foreign student's spouse) state a
small business in U.S, such as a retail shop?

if F-2 not allowed to do so, what kind of status should the person
change to, if it is possible? could this be a base to apply for P.R?

or is there any web resources i can go to?

thanks a lot in advance.

Hnchoksi

    >Subject: could F-2 status start a business in U.S
    >From: [email protected] (matt)
    >Date: 11/6/02 4:53 PM Eastern Standard Time
    >Message-id:
    >hello forks:
    >I need your precious advice.
    >can a foreigner on F-2 visa status ( foreign student's spouse) state a
    >small business in U.S, such as a retail shop?
    >if F-2 not allowed to do so, what kind of status should the person
    >change to, if it is possible? could this be a base to apply for P.R?
    >or is there any web resources i can go to?

You would need an investor's visa to start a business. Check out the INS
website.

Dan Learned

Yes; but the rules must be followed.




[email protected] (matt) wrote in message news:...
    > hello forks:
    >
    > I need your precious advice.
    >
    > can a foreigner on F-2 visa status ( foreign student's spouse) state a
    > small business in U.S, such as a retail shop?
    >
    > if F-2 not allowed to do so, what kind of status should the person
    > change to, if it is possible? could this be a base to apply for P.R?
    >
    > or is there any web resources i can go to?
    >
    > thanks a lot in advance.

Matt

thanks a lot for your kind reply.
i checked the INS web and read the articles about investor visa.
i find out that the requirement in terms of investment amount is at
least 500,000 $, which is too much. only a few people got this
capacity.

to your knowledge, if a F-2 people just want to open a small business,
such as a retailer store, is there any other status other than
investor status? and what if the person does not think of applying for
P.R at all, just want to start a small business legally?


thanks again and looking forward to hearing from you.


[email protected] (Dan Learned) wrote in message news:...
    > Yes; but the rules must be followed.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > [email protected] (matt) wrote in message news:...
    > > hello forks:
    > >
    > > I need your precious advice.
    > >
    > > can a foreigner on F-2 visa status ( foreign student's spouse) state a
    > > small business in U.S, such as a retail shop?
    > >
    > > if F-2 not allowed to do so, what kind of status should the person
    > > change to, if it is possible? could this be a base to apply for P.R?
    > >
    > > or is there any web resources i can go to?
    > >
    > > thanks a lot in advance.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

You can check into E-1 or E-2; see http://www.americanlaw.com/e1e2.html,
http://www.usvisanews.com./memo1676.html. These statuses cannot provide the
basis for permanent resident status, but they are extendable virtually
indefinitely. They require far less capital investment.

"matt" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

    > thanks a lot for your kind reply.
    > i checked the INS web and read the articles about investor visa.
    > i find out that the requirement in terms of investment amount is at
    > least 500,000 $, which is too much. only a few people got this
    > capacity.
    > to your knowledge, if a F-2 people just want to open a small business,
    > such as a retailer store, is there any other status other than
    > investor status? and what if the person does not think of applying for
    > P.R at all, just want to start a small business legally?

    > [email protected] (Dan Learned) wrote in message
news:...

    > > Yes; but the rules must be followed.

    > > [email protected] (matt) wrote in message
news:...

    > > > I need your precious advice.
    > > >
    > > > can a foreigner on F-2 visa status ( foreign student's spouse) state a
    > > > small business in U.S, such as a retail shop?
    > > >
    > > > if F-2 not allowed to do so, what kind of status should the person
    > > > change to, if it is possible? could this be a base to apply for P.R?
    > > >
    > > > or is there any web resources i can go to?