For an E2 visa, do you need to apply where you are resident or where a citizen?
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For an E2 visa, do you need to apply where you are resident or where a citizen?
Just trying to find where would be best to apply for a E2 investor visa either here in Madrid where i am a Spanish full time resident or London where I'm a UK National?
We have a fully regulated investment fund (Temple-Rock) in Gibraltar which is making investments in the US. We live in Spain full time but are UK nationals/citizens.
Our US lawyer says that we should use London/UK as that is the treaty country but I'm weary due to the no-ties issue that may come up.
I have used Madrid in the past for other visas.
Level of initial investment in US is $1MN leading to $10MN within 8-12months. EB5 is no good as it requires 10 US employees and our US office wont require that many as it will be a branch office.
We have a fully regulated investment fund (Temple-Rock) in Gibraltar which is making investments in the US. We live in Spain full time but are UK nationals/citizens.
Our US lawyer says that we should use London/UK as that is the treaty country but I'm weary due to the no-ties issue that may come up.
I have used Madrid in the past for other visas.
Level of initial investment in US is $1MN leading to $10MN within 8-12months. EB5 is no good as it requires 10 US employees and our US office wont require that many as it will be a branch office.
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Just trying to find where would be best to apply for a E2 investor visa either here in Madrid where i am a Spanish full time resident or London where I'm a UK National?
We have a fully regulated investment fund (Temple-Rock) in Gibraltar which is making investments in the US. We live in Spain full time but are UK nationals/citizens.
Our US lawyer says that we should use London/UK as that is the treaty country but I'm weary due to the no-ties issue that may come up.
I have used Madrid in the past for other visas.
Level of initial investment in US is $1MN leading to $10MN within 8-12months. EB5 is no good as it requires 10 US employees and our US office wont require that many as it will be a branch office.
We have a fully regulated investment fund (Temple-Rock) in Gibraltar which is making investments in the US. We live in Spain full time but are UK nationals/citizens.
Our US lawyer says that we should use London/UK as that is the treaty country but I'm weary due to the no-ties issue that may come up.
I have used Madrid in the past for other visas.
Level of initial investment in US is $1MN leading to $10MN within 8-12months. EB5 is no good as it requires 10 US employees and our US office wont require that many as it will be a branch office.
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Investment in what?
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Because the fund hasn't been in existence for more than a year and that is a requirement of the L-visa. We understand that E2 isnt the best but it looks like it would work for us.
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/As for where to apply, if you're a resident in one country, you usually can use the embassy in that country, but not all embassies allow third party nationals, so you should check with the embassy, it would usually say on their website.
Isn't that what you are paying your lawyer for though, for advice? If you're not confident in their experience, surely you should be looking for another one, considering your level of investment, a second opinion would be peanuts.
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Re: For an E2 visa, do you need to apply where you are resident or where a citizen?
EB5 does not require that your office employs "directly" ten US workers. Few EB5 cases involve direct employment of ten or more US workers.
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Property management is not usually a good fit for an E2.
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If we could afford the time then yes, we would wait but due to the structure of the fund we need to have a US entity.
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Suppose it's all down to the details of the business plan and the petition.
Good luck.
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Going back to my original question-where would be best to apply?
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You can try in Spain first, if successful, then great. If they ask you to apply in the UK, then do that.
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Remember getting the E2 is one thing. Renewing another.
As has been said down to your business plan. Devil in the details.
As has been said down to your business plan. Devil in the details.