E-2 Treaty Investor
E-2 Treaty Investor
The E-2 treaty investor is a nonimmigrant classification that allows a foreign national of a treaty country (including their spouse and children) to enter the United States for the purpose of investing, developing, and directing a business.
The E-2 treaty investor is a nonimmigrant classification that allows a foreign national of a treaty country (including their spouse and children) to enter the United States for the purpose of investing, developing, and directing a business.
Advantages
No fixed minimum amount
Your investment just needs to be substantial for your specific business.
Fast Processing & Quick Startup
Move to the U.S. and launch your business sooner with quicker processing times than most investor visas.
Spouse & Children Accompany
Spouses are generally allowed to work and children under 21 may attend U.S. schools.
No fixed minimum amount
Your investment just needs to be substantial for your specific business.
Fast Processing & Quick Startup
Move to the U.S. and launch your business sooner with quicker processing times than most investor visas.
Spouse & Children Accompany
Spouses are generally allowed to work and children under 21 may attend U.S. schools.
Requirements
Requirements
Treaty Country Citizenship
Treaty Country Citizenship
You must hold a passport from one of the 80+ countries maintaining a valid treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States.
You must hold a passport from one of the 80+ countries maintaining a valid treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States.
You must hold a passport from one of the 80+ countries maintaining a valid treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States.
Real & Operating Business
Real & Operating Business
The business cannot be speculative. It must be a bona fide, active commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking producing goods or services.
The business cannot be speculative. It must be a bona fide, active commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking producing goods or services.
The business cannot be speculative. It must be a bona fide, active commercial or entrepreneurial undertaking producing goods or services.
Substantial & At-Risk Capital
Substantial & At-Risk Capital
Your capital must be irrevocably committed, legally sourced, and substantial relative to the total cost of creating or purchasing the enterprise.
Your capital must be irrevocably committed, legally sourced, and substantial relative to the total cost of creating or purchasing the enterprise.
Your capital must be irrevocably committed, legally sourced, and substantial relative to the total cost of creating or purchasing the enterprise.
The Marginality Test
The Marginality Test
Your enterprise must have the present or future capacity to generate significantly more financial return than just a minimal living for you and your family.
Your enterprise must have the present or future capacity to generate significantly more financial return than just a minimal living for you and your family.
Your enterprise must have the present or future capacity to generate significantly more financial return than just a minimal living for you and your family.
Our E-2 Process
Our E-2 Process
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Discovery & Strategy
Discovery & Strategy
We audit your treaty eligibility, analyze your source of funds, and ensure your business model aligns with strict federal immigration frameworks.
1
Discovery & Strategy
We audit your treaty eligibility, analyze your source of funds, and ensure your business model aligns with strict federal immigration frameworks.
2
Petition Assembly & Filing
We draft the legal briefs, organize the complex evidentiary exhibits, and file the petition with USCIS or the appropriate U.S. Consulate abroad.
2
Petition Assembly & Filing
We draft the legal briefs, organize the complex evidentiary exhibits, and file the petition with USCIS or the appropriate U.S. Consulate abroad.
3
Consular Interview Preparation
We conduct rigorous mock interviews, training you to confidently articulate your business metrics, investment strategy, and hiring plans to consular officers.
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Consular Interview Preparation
We conduct rigorous mock interviews, training you to confidently articulate your business metrics, investment strategy, and hiring plans to consular officers.
4
Approval & Ongoing Counsel
Beyond securing your visa, we provide ongoing compliance advice as you scale your U.S. operations and prepare for eventual renewals.
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Approval & Ongoing Counsel
Beyond securing your visa, we provide ongoing compliance advice as you scale your U.S. operations and prepare for eventual renewals.
Checklist
Checklist
Mamdani Law
Proof of treaty-country nationality
Proof of investment
Business plan
Proof of enterprise being active
Family documents if spouse/children included
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
No fixed minimum amount
Your investment just needs to be substantial for your specific business.
Fast Processing & Startup
Move to the U.S. and launch your business sooner with quicker processing times than most investor visas.
Spouse & Children Accompany
Spouses are generally allowed to work and children under 21 may attend U.S. schools.
Advantages
Speak with an attorney.
Speak with an attorney.
An attorney will review your situation and explain your options.
An attorney will review your situation and explain your options.
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The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.