The proposed immigrant entrepreneur visa is separate and fundamentally different from the current EB-5 (the fifth employment-based preference) immigrant investor visa.
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The most direct way to encourage the growth of startups is to create a new visa for immigrant entrepreneurs.
Another would be to expand the existing EB-5 visa program for immigrant investors.
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Finally, the Administration would seek legislation to create a special immigrant visa for Iraqis who had worked for the U.S. Embassy.
Requiring large amounts of capital to become eligible for an immigrant visa is counterproductive if one wants to encourage job creation.
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Essentially, the bill would move to the front of the visa line any immigrant with a business idea and proof of investor interest.
Ginny Green, a Minnesota mom, was stuck in Salvador, Brazil, unable to get a non-immigrant visa for the 4-month-old girl she adopted last week.
In the meantime, the USCIS EIR team will continue its work to streamline existing visa pathways for immigrant entrepreneurs interested in coming to the United States to create jobs.
In order to free up those green cards, the legislation eliminates the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program which sets aside visas for countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
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This Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) team is mid-way through a focused sprint to streamline existing visa pathways for immigrant entrepreneurs interested in coming to the United States to create jobs in our country.
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The initiative brings together a tactical team of startup company experts and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services experts and tasks them with a 90-day mission to streamline existing visa pathways for immigrant entrepreneurs who create jobs in America.
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Although the U.S State Department subsequently implemented a special immigrant visa program for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, the creation of this class of refugees is a testament to the power of language politics, and an example of the fallout from American insufficiencies in this area.
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The draft plan reported by USA Today calls for an eight-year path to permanent residency for undocumented immigrants, who would face a criminal background check and have to pay back taxes, learn English and get a new "lawful prospective immigrant" visa.
In May, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services proposed to streamline the EB-5 visa process, designed for immigrant investors and entrepreneurs who create at least 10 U.S. jobs.
Under a proposed new visa category, a potential immigrant would submit a business plan to be evaluated by the Small Business Administration and upon judging the ability of the business to employ three or more U.S. workers (non-relatives) the individual would receive conditional permanent residence.
Evidence indicates that a visa issued to a highly-skilled immigrant does not automatically mean one less job for an American citizen.
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It would also create an entrepreneur visa for up to 75, 000 immigrant entrepreneurs who register a business, hire at least two non-family member employees, and invest in their business within one year of obtaining the visa.
The Bracero Program, a lightly regulated guest worker visa that was in place from 1942 to 1964, drove most unauthorized immigrant farm workers into the legal market.
Higher unemployment may trigger hostility to immigrant labour, making it harder for Europe to reform its ungenerous visa and work-permit rules so as to attract foreign talent.
Under the reforms, some immigrant entrepreneurs will be able to employ themselves with an H-1B visa.
Under these circumstances it is no surprise then that domestic workers who compete against these visa holders sometimes complain that their wages are below market value, since the firm is effectively granted a monopoly over visa workers, and as a result able to grab a portion of the higher productivity an immigrant attains by moving here.
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