{"id":12584,"date":"2021-05-31T04:24:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=12584"},"modified":"2021-05-31T04:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:24:59","slug":"8-some-countries-like-turkey-and-grenada-have-a-treaty-with-the-united-states-that-allows-its-citizens-to-get-an-e-2-visa-this-type-of-visa-necessitates-a-much-smaller-investment-amount-and-can-be-p","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/faq\/8-some-countries-like-turkey-and-grenada-have-a-treaty-with-the-united-states-that-allows-its-citizens-to-get-an-e-2-visa-this-type-of-visa-necessitates-a-much-smaller-investment-amount-and-can-be-p\/","title":{"rendered":"8) Some countries like Turkey and Grenada have a treaty with the United States that allows its citizens to get an E-2 visa. This type of visa necessitates a much smaller investment amount and can be processed much more expeditiously when compared to the EB-5. What are some of the pros and cons of getting the E-2 visa versus applying for the EB-5 visa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That is true. E-2 requires a much smaller investment amount than the EB-5. The source of funds scrutiny they must go through on the E-2 is much less rigorous than that of the EB-5 capital. The E-2 visa is ideal for those who would like to be involved in a business hands-on. They do not have to employ 10+ employees, but 2-3 would do. The downside is that the E-2 does not immediately lead to permanent residency. The EB-5 visa calls for more capital commitment. If the investor is applying, as most EB-5 investors do, through a regional center project, then he\/she does not have to be active. The responsibilities to fulfill the job-creation requirement shift to the Regional Center and their partner project developer. Some people view these two visas as mutually exclusive alternatives. That is not correct. Any investor who does not want to wait for two-two and a half years for the conditional green card but is interested in coming to the United States within a few months could apply for the E-2 visa. Once they obtain the E-2 visa, they could then proceed with the EB-5. This way, most likely, before the E-2 visa expires, they would be granted I-526 approval followed by a conditional green card. If later, they would like to convert their E-2 business to an EB-5 eligible one, they can. That said, they cannot count the existing jobs created through E-2. The created jobs need to be ten or more new jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","faq_groups":[50],"class_list":["post-12584","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-group-general-information"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/12584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americaeb5visa.com\/punjabi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_groups?post=12584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}