Thursday, February 25, 2010, 11:40 am
Startup Visa Act of 2010 Introduced
February 25th, 2010 | Category: Articles, EB-5, News, Policy
Among our clients and readers, we have many entrepreneurs and start-up companies which may be interested in a recent development in Congress.
Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lugar (R-IN) have introduced a new bill in Congress seeking to drive job creation and increasing America’s global competitiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs secure visas to the United States. The bill’s title is the “StartUp Visa Act of 2010″ and will allow an immigrant entrepreneur to receive a two-year visa if they can show that a qualified U.S. investor is willing to dedicate a significant sum – a minimum of $250,000 – to the immigrant’s startup venture. Please see full text of the draft bill and Senator Lugar’s press release.
The Act would amend immigration law to create a new EB-6 category for immigrant entrepreneurs, drawing from existing visas under the EB-5 category, which permits foreign nationals who invest at least $1 million into the U.S., and thereby create ten jobs, to obtain a green card. After proving that he or she has secured initial investment capital and if, after two years, the immigrant entrepreneur can show that he or she has generated at least five full-time jobs in the United States, attracted $1 million in additional investment capital or achieved $1 million in revenue, then he or she would receive permanent legal resident status.
We will monitor the path of this bill through Congress and provide updates as we have them.
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