B1 for Canadian
Aug 21st 2010, 11:59 pm
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B1 for Canadian with E2
Can anyone advise please.
We are Canadians who own a business in USA under E2 visa. The business is not doing so well with the state of the USA economy and we moved back to Canada. Its being run from our home in Canada and our E2 visa expires in 2012. We have people who are doing our running around in USA. eg collecting mail and paying in checks for us. We go down to do recruitment interviews from time to time,as the nature of our business means that 1099 workers leave and we have a good turnover of workers.
My question is this, when our E2 expires, are we allowed to go down on a B1 visa just do the interviews? We do not get paid by the USA company as its not making any money to do that, just covers advertising expenses but we want to keep it going to sell at some point.
We can prove strong ties to Canada, as we have a house here with mortgage that we are paying, I am in a management position in a well known company here, all our family are in UK, so no Canadian family here.
Thanks in advance, only we do not want to renew E2, 2 reasons, one is it probably won't be considered a strong enough business, and secondly the expense involved in doing it.
We are Canadians who own a business in USA under E2 visa. The business is not doing so well with the state of the USA economy and we moved back to Canada. Its being run from our home in Canada and our E2 visa expires in 2012. We have people who are doing our running around in USA. eg collecting mail and paying in checks for us. We go down to do recruitment interviews from time to time,as the nature of our business means that 1099 workers leave and we have a good turnover of workers.
My question is this, when our E2 expires, are we allowed to go down on a B1 visa just do the interviews? We do not get paid by the USA company as its not making any money to do that, just covers advertising expenses but we want to keep it going to sell at some point.
We can prove strong ties to Canada, as we have a house here with mortgage that we are paying, I am in a management position in a well known company here, all our family are in UK, so no Canadian family here.
Thanks in advance, only we do not want to renew E2, 2 reasons, one is it probably won't be considered a strong enough business, and secondly the expense involved in doing it.
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Aug 22nd 2010, 12:25 am
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Re: B1 for Canadian
... we do not want to renew E2...
As an aside, before moving to Kentucky (via Halifax)... I lived in Sharbot Lake for 3 years and Kingston for another 10 years.
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Aug 22nd 2010, 3:13 am
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Re: B1 for Canadian
Maybe... maybe not. You can't work in the US without permission and if the E-2 is expired, then so is your permission. It's unclear whether interviewing for the US business would be considered an allowable activity under the B-1 rules.
Fair enough... it's a tough economy in both countries. Why not just sell the business now and step away from it?
As an aside, before moving to Kentucky (via Halifax)... I lived in Sharbot Lake for 3 years and Kingston for another 10 years.
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Fair enough... it's a tough economy in both countries. Why not just sell the business now and step away from it?
As an aside, before moving to Kentucky (via Halifax)... I lived in Sharbot Lake for 3 years and Kingston for another 10 years.
Ian
Aug 22nd 2010, 2:19 pm
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Re: B1 for Canadian
Good luck.
Aug 22nd 2010, 2:56 pm
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Re: B1 for Canadian
Have you spoken to the lawyer who did your E2?
Aug 22nd 2010, 4:44 pm
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