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📣 roschdal

How do I get a investor Visa to USA?


Ask HN: how do I get an investor Visa to USA?

I have money, funds, and am a savvy investor and live in Norway now.


  👤 Centrino Accepted Answer ✓
The main US visa for investors are E-2 and EB-5. The former can not lead to a green card and citizenship, the latter can. Or, in other words, E-2 is a non-immigrant visa that has to be renewed periodically, EB-5 starts as a conditional green card that becomes an unconditional green card after a few years.

Googling these 2 visas will get you some more information. Take note that the word "investor" in this context does not refer to playing on the stock market, but to actively investing in a local business or passively investing in a professionally managed project. In both cases, substantial amounts (hundreds of thousands of dollars) are required.

You can also participate in the annual green card lottery ("Diversity Visa Lottery"). As a European you have a 1%-2% chance to win in each draw, double chance if your spouse participates too.

Get advice from an immigration attorney in the US or from an emigration adviser in Norway.