Building Businesses Beyond Borders
Our firm assists investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in securing the immigration solutions needed to establish, grow, and manage successful operations in the United States.
Investors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Executives
Bijoux Ngwanda Law Office, PLLC has wide-ranging experience assisting entrepreneurs and startups to set up, launch, and establish a new business in the U.S. Whether a foreign national investor looking to start a new business in the U.S., or an established foreign company looking to
incorporate a new U.S. subsidiary, we can help guide and navigate all eligible visa options available.
The E-1 Treaty Trader Visa allows citizens of countries with qualifying treaties of commerce and
navigation with the United States to enter and work in the U.S. solely to conduct substantial
international trade. To qualify, the U.S. sponsoring entity must conduct substantial trade between
the U.S. and the applicant’s country.
An E-2 Treaty Investor Visa allows citizens of countries with which the U.S. has a treaty of
commerce and navigation to live and work in the United States. To qualify, the applicant must
make a substantial, at-risk investment in a legitimate, operating U.S. enterprise and hold at
least a 50% ownership stake/share.
An L-1 visa is an intracompany transfer nonimmigrant visa. It allows multinational companies to temporarily transfer managers, executives, or specialized knowledge employees from a foreign branch or subsidiary to a related U.S. office. It is not subject to annual caps and permits the
worker to legally seek permanent residence -it carries a “dual intent”; – L-1A: Designed for intracompany transferees who will work in the U.S. in an executive or managerial capacity.
L-1B: Designed for employees who possess specialized knowledge of the company’s
products, services, processes, or procedures.
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