This is a non-immigrant visa for work in the person's area of specialty.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The proposed immigrant entrepreneur visa is separate and fundamentally different from the current EB-5 (the fifth employment-based preference) immigrant investor visa.

FORBES: New Immigrant Entrepreneur Visa Can Create Many Jobs for Americans

The most direct way to encourage the growth of startups is to create a new visa for immigrant entrepreneurs.

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Another would be to expand the existing EB-5 visa program for immigrant investors.

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