The following countries are eligible for the treaty trader investor visas:

Trade and Investment (E1 & E2) status are in effect with the following countries:

Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Canada Chile China (Taiwan only) Colombia Coast Rica Croatia Estonia Ethiopia Finland France

Germany Honduras Iran Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Korea (South) Latvia Liberia Luxembourg Macedonia Mexico Netherlands Norway

Oman Pakistan Paraguay Philippines Singapore Slovenia Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Thailand Togo Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia

E-1 Treaty Trader status ONLY are in effect with the following countries:

Brunei Denmark

Greece

Israel

E-2 Treaty Investor status ONLY are in effect with the following countries:

Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bulgaria Cameroon Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Czech Republic

Ecuador Egypt Georgia Grenada Jamaica Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Moldova Mongolia

Morocco Panama Poland Romania Senegal Slovak Republic Sri Lanka Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Ukraine

Requirements for the E1 Treaty Trader Visa are:

• Applicant must be a National of the Treaty Country
• The trading firm must have the Nationality of the Treaty Country
• International Trade must be "substantial" meaning a sizeable and continuing volume of trade
• Trade must be principally between the US and the Treaty Country defined as more than 50%
• Trade means international exchange of goods, services and technology

• A treaty between the foreign nationals country and the US must exist (see above)
• Investor must possess the nationality of the Treaty Country
• The investment must be substantial
• The investor must have invested or be actively in the process of investing
• The enterprise must be a real and operating commercial enterprise
• The investment must not be marginal
• The Investor must be in a position to "Direct and Develop" the enterprise
• If an "employee" the foreign national possesses skills or is being employed in an executive/supervisory role that is essential to the companies operation in the US
• The investor must intend to depart the US at the expiration of the visa

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