If you are pursuing a business or investment visa, you will probably work with more than one professional along the way. Your immigration attorney handles the legal side. A business support team can handle the business-side pieces, such as the business plan, the company registration, and the business checking account.

When an attorney brings a business support provider into an E-2, L-1, EB-5, or EB-2 NIW matter, client information leaves the law firm. Financial statements, ownership details, passport copies, and business strategy move to people who are not bound by the attorney’s professional rules in the same way the attorney is …

If you are preparing an immigration business plan for an E-2, L-1, EB-5, or EB-2 NIW matter, you will see the phrase “market study” in almost every outline you come across. It is one of the longest sections of a typical plan, and often the one applicants understand least. This article explains what a market study is

Opening a U.S. business checking account is a milestone for many founders pursuing an investor or entrepreneur visa. It is also the point where a new set of practical responsibilities begins. This article walks through what typically comes next: funding the account …

Most people preparing an investor or entrepreneur immigration case expect the legal work to take time. What catches many of them off guard is how often the delay comes from somewhere else: a business plan that is still in draft, an entity that has not been registered…

If you are planning a U.S. business as part of an E-2, L-1, or EB-5 matter, one of the first practical items on your list will be an Employer Identification Number, or EIN. Many founders living outside the United States assume they cannot get one because they do not have a Social Security Number. That assumption is not correct …