There are many different kinds of
visa requirements for non resident aliens who want to work and/or own a business
in Florida.
Let us look at the two most common
types of visas that people might have to opt for, if they desire to own and
operate businesses in the state of Florida.
The L1 visa is basically defined
as an ‘intra-company’ transfer visa for overseas staff members of different
American companies. An L1 visa essentially
allows a US corporation to transfer an important staff member from any one of
its offices in another country into US territory.
The L1 can be further divided into
two different subcategories:
1.
L1-A
This visa category has mainly been
created for individuals who may be settling in the US for one of two reasons:
·
For the purposes of setting up an office in the
United States itself
·
Or they are managers and other senior executives
of an American company
2.
L1-B
This Visa category has been
specifically created for highly specialized employees who are deemed to
possess exceptional specialist skills or knowledge regarding any specific field
in which an American company (or any other type of business) may be working.
However, in both these cases, it
is ultimately the employer (or employing organization) that would submit the
visa application.
All L1 Visa applications are
subject to certain requirements that include some of the following:
·
The petitioning company may be a corporation or
a religious organization or it may be an NPO (Non profit organization)
·
The employer must actively be conducting business as
an employer in the US, along with a minimum of one foreign country.
·
The foreign staff member of the organization must
have completed at least a bare minimum of one year’s continuous employment for
the company outside of the United States.
·
The employee must show his intention of leaving
US territory once his visa term has expired.
E2 Visas
The E2 visa category is the
primary ‘investor visa’ category in the United States. Moreover, there are neither
quotas nor annual caps for such visas, thus effectively meaning that anyone who
fits the criteria is free to avail the many opportunities available to holders
of visas of this type.
·
An E2 visa allows an individual to gain entry
into the US without going through the formality of an actual immigration
process
·
This Visa grants entry to the US for a typical
period from 2 years up all the way up till 5 years.
·
An E2 Visa is fully renewable and indeed can be
extended for as long as the visa holder is in actual control of his business
and it generates an income sufficient to support him or her as well as his or
her dependents.
·
The E2 visa also covers the investor’s husband
or wife (as the case may be) and any offspring under age 21.
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