favouredM

Hi All

Really appreciate your comments on this forum.

My question relates to E2. I am contemplating going for E2. (I understand the US are now looking on E-2 as a necessity because of their economy - they now want and need the investment.)

What are the prospects or process of securing a GC after securing the E2. I know that E2 have to be renewed periodically (eg every 2/3yrs). Does this mean that we keep renewing forever? what if in 3yrs there is change and the business and there are other viable alternatives eg a very lucrative employment contract?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Ray

There is no direct route to a GC from an E-2
The intial E2 is now 3 years in most cases and renewals are if all is good
5 years... if the business folds...you leave ...

You are pretty much a second class person ..here in
Florida ..you cannot get homestead for you property
and your DL is valid for the length of your I-94

Of course if you have kids.. they cannot work and have to
leave at 21 ...

If your single it is easier .... you marry a US cotizen

scrubbedexpat099

If the Dream Act is enacted then the children could get GC's, Citizenship and then sponsor you.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

It depends upon the facts. Without facts, it is impossible to tell whether or not it is possible.

BTW, to add to Ray's comment -- notionally speaking, there are no ways to go "directly" from non-immigrant to immigrant status on the employment based end of the immigration shop. But I am being somewhat pedantic -- there are often immigrant analogues to non-immigrant classifications. The existence of these analogues causes a short-hand concept in laypersons that one goes "directly" from, say L-1A non-immigrant to EB1-3 immigrant status.

favouredM

Thanks for your comments so far.
If I secure E2 in my name (only) can my wife then apply separately for a job (H1b) and then pursue with employer for sponsorship for Labor Cert-GC?

Ray

Yes ...

powerwrap

Is that a fact that generally E2's are issued for 3 years to kick off with?

Ray

By the London Consulates yes ... others may vary

fatbrit

Yes -- except there's no need for an H1b as she's already here and legally allowed to work, so she doesn't need another visa. If the wife's employer favors her with sponsorship, you eventually enter a tricky period whereby you're sometimes safer landlocked. Also, you need to keep the business ticking so she had permission to work. You may also run into complication with older kids if you want them on the ticket, too.

favouredM

Hi Fat brit sorry if this is a silly question coul you please explain what you mean by "safer landlocked"

fatbrit

You don't leave the country.

Michael

However H1-B is dual intent so they may be able to get a green card through employer sponsorship.

fatbrit

But why would they go for an H1B when the wife will already be authorized to work here? Probably H1B -> AOS is a safer journey. But E2 spouse with EAD -> AOS is not impossible.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

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ian-mstm

As I've indicated many times before, just because a visa is not specifically "dual intent" it does *not* follow that that same visa is specifically prohibited from having "dual intent".

Ian