US Immigration News

India is concerned with the Trump administration on questions relating to L1 visa and H1B visa reforms, an Indian minister said recently.

Entrepreneurs hoping to start new businesses in the US have spoken out against the Trump administration's moves to delay and possibly abandon a new US visa startup program. 

Due to start on July 17, the International Entrepreneur Visa Rule was spearheaded under President Obama and was designed to allow international entrepreneurs to secure funding from government grants and venture capital funding to run businesses in the US.

There are several routes a foreign investor can take to switch from a US E2 visa to a green card (permanent residence). Investors should be aware that becoming a permanent resident in the US means taxation on worldwide income. However, provided that investors have a sound tax plan in place, problems can be avoided.  Appliying for an E2 visa can be complicaed as you need to both apply for E2 Treaty Investor registration and an E2 visa.

Citizenship applications for the Caribbean island of Grenada have boomed in the last three years. Reports have emerged that Grenada’s citizenship by investment program, introduced in 2014, is being used to fast-track US E2 visa applications.

US Republican Congressman John Rutherford has filed a bill that could allow job creators, who have been in the US on an E2 treaty investor visa for more than 10 years, to apply for legal permanent residence. A press release issued by Rutherford’s office confirmed that the bill, H.R. 3265, has been filed.

The number of undocumented immigrants arrested by US immigration agents surged in June, but surprisingly, fewer deportations occurred with figures falling to their lowest point in 2017, according to data released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It’s claimed that deportations are down due to massive court backlogs across the nation.