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E-1 and E-2 Visas for Traders and Investors in Chicago

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E1 and E2 Visas for Treaty Traders and Investors

If you are interested in working or investing in the U.S, the E visa category might be an option for you and your family. The E-1 and E-2 visas are for foreign traders or investors to do business in the U.S. The nationals must be from countries that maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation or international trade agreement with the United States.

What are the differences between E-1 and E-2 Visas?

Both E-1 and E-2 visas require the applicant to be a national of a treaty country. However, the E-1 visa is available only to treaty traders or businessmen, whereas the E-2 visa is intended for treaty investors.

The E-1 visa allows nationals of treaty countries to enter the U.S. solely to develop and direct the operation of an business in which he or she has invested, or is in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital.

Similarly, the E-2 visa allows nationals of treaty countries to enter the United States to invest a sum of money in the United States in order to start a business or services, or to take over a business already in operation.

Neither type of E1 and E2 visas provide a pathway of citizenship but their spouses and children can live and study in the U.S. for as long as the E visa is valid.

List of E Visas – Treaty Countries for Foreign Investors and Traders

There are two types of E visas, E-1 visa for Treaty investors and E-2 visa for Treaty traders. Below is a list of treaty countries that are in “friendship”of commerce and navigation with the U.S:

Country	Classification	Effective Date
Albania	E-2	January 04, 1998
Argentina	E-1 & E-2	December 20, 1854
Armenia	E-2	March 29, 1996
Australia	E-1	December 16, 1991
Australia	E-2	December 27, 1991
Australia	E-3	September 02, 2005
Austria	E-1 & E-2	May 27, 1931
Azerbaijan	E-2	August 02, 2001
Bahrain	E-2	May 30, 2001
Bangladesh	E-2	July 25, 1989
Belgium	E-1 & E-2	October 3, 1963
Bolivia	E-1	November 09, 1862
Bolivia	E-2	June 06, 2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1982
Brunei	E-1	July 11, 1853
Bulgaria	E-2	June 02, 1954
Cameron	E-2	April 6, 1989
Canada	E-1 & E-2	January 01, 1994
Chile	E-1 & E-1	January 01, 2004
Taiwan	E-1 & E-2	November 30, 1948
Colombia	E-1 & E-2	June 10, 1948
Congo (Brazzaville)	E-2	August 13, 1994
Congo (Kinshasa)	E-2	July 28, 1989
Costa Rica	E-1 & E-2	May 26, 1852
Croatia	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1982
Czech Republic	E-2	January 01, 1993
Denmark	E-1	July 30, 1961
Denmark	E-2	December 10, 2008
Ecuador	E-2	May 11, 1997
Egypt	E-2	June 27, 1992
Estonia	E-1	May 22, 1926
Ethiopia	E-1 & E-2	October 08, 1953
Finland	E-1	August 10, 1934
Finland	E-2	December 01, 1992
France	E-1 & E-2	December 21, 1960
Georgia	E-2	August 17, 1997
Germany	E-1 & E-2	July 14, 1956
Greece	E-1	October 13, 1954
Grenada	E-2	March 03, 1989
Honduras	E-1 & E-2	July 19, 1928
Ireland	E-1	September 14, 1950
Ireland	E-2	November 18, 1992
Israel	E-1	April 03, 1954
Israel	E-2	May 01, 2019
Italy	E-1 & E-2	July 26, 1949
Jamaica	E-2	March 07, 1997
Japan	E-1 & E-2	October 30, 1953
Jordan	E-1 & E-2	December 17, 2001
Kazakhstan	E-2	January 12, 1994
South Korea	E-1 & E-2	November 07, 1957
Kosovo	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1882
Kyrgyzstan	E-2	January 12, 1994
Latvia	E-1	July 25, 1928
Latvia	E-2	December 26, 1996
Liberia	E-1 & E-2	November 21, 1939
Lituania	E-2	November 22, 2001
Luxembourg	E-1 & E-2	March 28, 1963
Macedonia	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1982
Mexico	E-1 & E-2	January 01, 1994
Moldova	E-2	November 25, 1994
Mongolia	E-2	January 01, 1997
Montenegro	E -1 & E-2	November 15, 1882
Morocco	E-2	May 29, 1991
Netherlands	E-1 & E-2	December 05, 1957
New Zealand	E-1 & E-2	June 10, 2019
Norway	E-1 & E-2	January 18, 1928
Oman	E-1 & E-2	June 11, 1960
Pakistan	E-1 & E-2	February 12, 1961
Panama	E-2	May 30, 1991
Paraguay	E-1 & E-2	March 07, 1860
Phillipines	E-1 & E-2	September 06, 1955
Poland	E-1 & E-2	August 06, 1994
Romania	E-2	January 15, 1994
Senegal	E-2	October 25, 1990
Serbia	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1882
Singapore	E-1 & E-2	January 01, 2004
Slovak Republic	E-2	January 01, 1993
Slovenia	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1982
Spain	E-1 & E-2	April 14, 1903
Sri Lanka	E-2	May 01, 1993
Suriname	E-1 & E-2	February 10, 1963
Sweden	E-1 & E-2	February 20, 1992
Switzerland	E-1 & E-2	November 08, 1855
Thailand	E-1 & E-2	June 08, 1968
Togo	E-1 & E-2	February 05, 1967
Trinidad & Tobago	E-2	December 26, 1996
Tunisia	E-2	February 07, 1993
Turkey	E-2	May 18, 1990
Ukraine	E-2	November 16, 1996
United kingdom	E-1 & E-2	July 03, 1815
Yugoslavia	E-1 & E-2	November 15, 1882

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