heswallboy

Hi

I am looking at taking an E2 investor option to buy/set up a US business. As I understand it, if you set up Joe Bloggs Inc as the umberella you can then diversify for the initial core example - Joe Bloggs Car Washes, Joe Bloggs Bakery products etc.

If you have a husband wife E2 visa can one of you then do work as a self employed interim ?

Bob

Don't think so...ain't a greencard...but then I could be wrong, there's plenty of info on E visa's, do a search, there's even a forum dedicated to it, can't remember the name and address, but anyway, I think either fatbrit or Ray posted it up a couple weeks ago.

Ray

yes you can build your empire ...

you would be better off leaving one of you off the E-2 ..and coming as the dependant of the E-2 holder that person can get an EAD and get a job anywhere...

http://www.investorvisausa.com/index.html

Sylvia Ottemoeller

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    > I am looking at taking an E2 investor option to buy/set up a US
    > business. As I understand it, if you set up Joe Bloggs Inc as the
    > umberella you can then diversify for the initial core example - Joe
    > Bloggs Car Washes, Joe Bloggs Bakery products etc.
    > If you have a husband wife E2 visa can one of you then do work as a self
    > employed interim ?

I'm not sure what a "self-employed interim" is. The spouse may be eligible
to be employed as an E-2 employee. See
http://www.americanlaw.com/e1e2.html.

"An alien employee of a treaty investor may be classified E-2, if the
employee is in or is coming to the United States to engage in duties of an
executive or supervisory character, or, if employed in a lesser capacity,
the employee has special qualifications that make the services to be
rendered essential to the efficient operation of the enterprise. Employees
of treaty traders or treaty investors seeking E status must also have the
same nationality as their employer."

heswallboy

By "self emplyed interim" I was thinking if there is a way to buy or set up a business that could be supported (or more to the point the family income can be supported) by interim work, in my case I operate as a turnaround director in Supply Chain or Operations of manufacturing companies for contracted periods 3,6, 12 months.

I understand that I cannot do it by applying directly to a company unless I had a green card, but self employed under and E2 or as partner of an E2 holder I was hoping, may be possible.

I think the idea of keeping one off the E2 application may work ?