Treaty Investor Visa The investor, either a real or corporate person, must be a national of a treaty country. The investment must be substantial. It must be sufficient to ensure the successful operation of the enterprise. The percentage of investment for a low-cost business...

The Immigration and Nationality Act provides nonimmigrant visa status for a national of a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation who is coming to the United States to carry on substantial trade, including trade in services or technology, principally...

The U.S. immigrant investor program is called an EB-5 visa. An EB-5 visa is a permanent U.S. visa based upon an immigrant investment that creates American employment, thus the name Employment Based 5th Preference Visa. If a foreign national invests $1 million (or in some cases $500,000 in a...