Green Card for Entrepreneur Investor

How to Apply for a United States Green Card as an Entrepreneur Through Investment

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A Green Card is also known as an immigrant visa or a Legal Permanent Residence Card. The Green Card gives you the right to live permanently in the United States. Legal residents with a green cards have the legal right live, work and study, among many other rights and benefits. Entrepreneur investors with certain type of investments in a US business and complying with certain US immigration requirements, may be eligible to apply for a Green Card. The Application for a Green Card through Investment is a very good option for people that want to invest in a business in the United States and at the same time be able to move to the US to become a permanent resident with a Green Card.

There are many ways to apply for a Green Card, for example through marriage, family relatives, employment, or others, however for many people that don't have immediate relatives in the US, or people that don't want to work for somebody else and be an employee, the investment green card is an ideal way to become a resident of the USA. As with most of the Green Card applications or visa applications, the spouse and unmarried under 21 years old children of the investor also can obtain a green card as a derivative status from the main Green Card holder, therefore all the family can move to live in the US together.

Many foreigners at retirement wish to come and live in the United States just as retirees, but when trying to find a way to immigrate they find out that the U.S. immigration doesn't have a specific visa for people who wishes to retire and live in the U.S. However as an alternative some people decide to use part of their capital, foreign investments or savings to invest in a U.S. business and to be involve in the business, and that way they can apply for a green card through investment and gain the right to live permanently in the US as an investor. In general the entrepreneur investor immigrant would first receive a conditional permanent residence (green card) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), what means that he must remove the conditions on his green card after a certain period of time.

Entrepreneurs Investors who make an investment in a commercial enterprise in the US and plan to create ten full time jobs or preserves Permanent full time jobs, for qualified US workers, are eligible to apply for a green card through their investment. According to US immigration regulations and laws up to a limit of 10.000 of this type of green card investors may be authorized each fiscal year.  The intended immigrant must invest one million dollars ($1,000,000), or to reduce the investment at Least half million dollars ($500,000) in a targeted employment area of high unemployment or in a rural area.

The Application for a Green Card or Lawful Permanent Residence through investment is a complex process involving multiple steps. There are several requirements, procedures, and forms to file.  You must present support documentation to prove that you are eligible to apply for a Green Card. As you start you application you may have several questions about the application process for an investment based Green Card. Several frequently asked questions will be answered when ordering this download, including the following common US immigration questions:

• What is a Green Card? also known as a Lawful Permanent Resident Card of the United States
• General Information on about how to apply for a Green Card?
• How to apply for a green card as an entrepreneur investors?
• Which family relatives are eligible to also get a green card to come and live with me US?
• After having a green card, can I apply for the United States citizenship?
• Should I apply in the US to adjust status from another visa to a Green Card? or should I apply for the Green Card at my local US consulate abroad?
• How to provide and prepare documentation with all support evidence and requirement?
• For how long will my green card be valid?
• What type of forms to file? and how to find helpful links to official forms and instructions?
• What is a Green Card with conditions? how to remove the conditions on my green card?
• What type of enterprises qualify for this investment?
• How much do I need to invest to be eligible to apply for the green card?
• Work and Travel authorization
• Can I be part owner of the company or do I need to be the only owner of the company?
• For how many years do I need to keep my Green Card in order to apply for the United States citizenship?

To learn more about how to apply for a Green Card through investment, and to find answers to the above questions, order this downloadable guide.