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
Advantages
Fast processing
Fast processing
No fixed minimum amount. Your investment just needs to be substantial for your specific business.
No fixed minimum amount. Your investment just needs to be substantial for your specific business.
Fast Processing & Quick Startup
Fast Processing & Quick Startup
Move to the U.S. and launch your business sooner with quicker processing times than most investor visas.
Move to the U.S. and launch your business sooner with quicker processing times than most investor visas.
Spouse & Children Accompany
Spouse & Children Accompany
Spouses are generally allowed to work and children under 21 may attend U.S. schools.
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
1
Discovery & Strategy
Strategic Planning & Category Selection.
We audit your treaty eligibility, analyze your source of funds, and ensure your business model aligns with strict federal immigration frameworks.
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
PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
We draft the legal briefs, organize the complex evidentiary exhibits, and file the petition with USCIS or the appropriate U.S. Consulate abroad.
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
The I-140 Petition Filing
We conduct rigorous mock interviews, training you to confidently articulate your business metrics, investment strategy, and hiring plans to consular officers.
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
Approval & Ongoing Counsel
Beyond securing your visa, we provide ongoing compliance advice as you scale your U.S. operations and prepare for eventual renewals.
Beyond securing your visa, we provide ongoing compliance advice as you scale your U.S. operations and prepare for eventual renewals.
Visa Application & Change of Status
Visa Application & Change of Status
E-2 Visa
Where You Apply
U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad
Current Location
Must be outside the U.S. (or willing to travel)
Travel Ability
High: Grants a physical visa stamp allowing international travel & reentry.
Processing Speed
Varies widely depending on local embassy wait times.
E-2 Change of Status
Where You Apply
Inside the U.S. (via USCIS)
Current Location
Must be legally inside the U.S. on another valid visa
Travel Ability
Low: Grants legal status only. If you leave the U.S., you must apply for a visa abroad to return.
Processing Speed
Typically months, but Premium Processing guarantees an initial response within 15 business days.
Visa Application
Change of Status
Where You Apply
USCIS first, then a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad
Current Location
Outside the U.S. (or willing to travel)
Travel Ability
High: Grants a physical visa stamp allowing international travel & reentry.
Processing Speed
USCIS processing (months, or 15 business days via Premium) + embassy wait times.
Visa Application
Change of Status
Where You Apply
USCIS first, then a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad
Current Location
Outside the U.S. (or willing to travel)
Travel Ability
High: Grants a physical visa stamp allowing international travel & reentry.
Processing Speed
USCIS processing (months, or 15 business days via Premium) + embassy wait times.
Checklist
Checklist
Proof of nationality
Proof of investment
Business plan
Proof of enterprise being active
Family documents if spouse/children included
Resources
Resources
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.