gregthehammer

hi could anyone tell me tell ,visas and how to go about it thankyou

scrubbedexpat099

You do not need a visa

You do need

Licquor license
Premises
Staff
Sales tax license
Lots of money

tonrob

And you won't have ready access to British cask-conditioned ale, so you should set up your own brewing operation rather than punish your customers with crappy keg versions of their British favourites. (Brewpubs are all the rage over here but there are next to no British-style ones).

sambapink

If you could place yourself in Orange County CA, that would be greatly appreciated

fatbrit

Do you expect to live here and work it? Or just open it from abroad and take the profits from your investment?

Elvira

You cannot have a British pub in the US because Americans don't go to pubs in the way that Brits do. Plus the fact that they usually have bars on the windows to keep the under-21s out makes for a very unwelcoming atmosphere.

gregthehammer

hi,i would like to buy one and live and work over there if thats possible

tonrob

Worse still, the ones that are here are frequented by reprobates like me.

meauxna

Where DO you go?

nettlebed

You! Outside, now!!

To the OP: here in Redmond there is an establishment called the British Pantie (OK, so it's Pantry, really) that a couple of friends of ours run. It's been open since the '70s, and does very good business. A couple of years ago they added on The Three Lions, which is supposed to be a pub. It's not, it's a bar, and it doesn't feel like a pub, either. It is well frequented, but it ain't a pub. In fact, I've never seen anything like a real pub in the almost 12 years I've spent in the US.

If you can pull it off, come to W. Washington, please.

tonrob

Google E2 visa. Bring lots of money.

tonrob

Are you looking at my pint?

fatbrit

E2, possible EB5, possibly L1 if you've already got a suitable UK business.

E2 is the visa from hell. Only the lawyers on this board seem to be enthusiastic about it -- which must tell you something!

No idea if it'd qualify for an EB5 but the amount of money you're going to have to spend is up there with the cost of opening a pub. Great visa if you've got the dosh.

L1 is also a good way of getting over if you qualify. You need a substantial and running business in the UK as your first hurdle.

Elvira

Well, I don't...

Sticking to the Duke's Head

gregthehammer

thanks alot for the info,ive got no problem on the dosh front,ive had pubs in varios countrys and theyve always been authentic and thats how they would stay,but america is a different place altogether compared to the drinking europeans,thanks ill look further into those visas