E-2 Investor Visas for British Citizens

British entrepreneurs who want to do business in the world’s largest economy are increasingly taking advantage of a visa program that allows them to own and/or invest in a U.S. business while living in the United States on a long-term basis.

The E-2 (Treaty Investor) is a renewable non-immigrant visa allowing entrepreneurs from the United Kingdom to invest in a U.S. business and move to the United States to “develop and direct the operations of an enterprise.” {A similar program, the E-1 (Treaty Trade) visa, applies to businesses conducting international trade and commerce with the United States.} The E-2 allows British investors to live in the United States for an initial period of five years. It can be renewed as long as the business continues and the applicants remain in the country. 

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