powerwrap

If someone was to attempt to obtain E2 or L1 status, are you more or less likely to succeed with your application if you were heading to ( for example ) Edmund, Oklahoma as opposed to Los Angeles, California ?

Noorah101

No, location makes no difference that I know of. You just have to prove you are qualified for the visa. It doesn't matter where the job is in the USA.

Rene

powerwrap

Regarding an E2, do you think that if you were setting up a new company in a high unemployment area, would that be enough to 'swing it' if your business plan/investment was borderline ?

Just wondering.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

Read the FAM and regulations on E-2. Apply it to all of your facts.

powerwrap

Thanks Folinskyinla, i'm going to sound like an idiot but what's the FAM ?

Folinskyinla

Hi:

Foreign Affairs Manual. It is available on-line. Volume 9 of the FAM deals with visas. If memory serves me correct, you want to look at the provisions, notes and procedural notes under 41.51.

This is what the Consular Offices look at.

You are talking about a lot of money now. Professional help is a good thing. J Fong in my suite will lower his fee if the investor has professional business and financial advisors simply because it makes his job easier.

If you insist on DIY, which is your right, you might as well RTFM. I have just given you the means to do just that.

For the other lurkers here, I am not, repeat NOT, giving any advise whatsoever on the advisability of obtaining an E-visa. As Mr. Fong has noted elsewhere on this forum, there seems to be a strong prejudice against "E" visas as being a "piece of shit." Like any non-immigrant visa, there are limitations inherent in the status. The desirability is dependent upon your desires and facts.

Good luck.

powerwrap

Folinskyinla, thank you again, i will sift through that.

BTW, i've got a good friend who is operates just down the road from you in North La Cienega, a real happening part of the world !

scrubbedexpat099

Hmm, the OP was originally interest in E2 Status, not an E2 Visa. That would worryy me.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

He is not my client. Also, I refer my potential E-2's to J Fong. So, I am not worried at all. If one wants to DIY, then they should RTFM. Given the amounts of money usually involved in DIY, I am somewhat surprised that people are interested solely in DIY and don't want to spend anything on true professional help.

powerwrap

Make no mistake, if i was to go with i would use professional help.

I know what i know, but i don't know enough to have a go myself.

meauxna

It occurred to me this morning that most people won't even buy a house without a professional's help but they'd start a business in a foreign country without assistance? That does seem weird to me.

scrubbedexpat099

My first comment above was actually in response to the original post. I should have quoted it.

In regards to Meauxana's, sometimes it does seem that in these cases the Business is secondary.