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Company ownership as grounds for a visa or residence: the US E-2 and L-1A, setting up in France or the EU, business migration to Australia, and tax.
An LLC won't get you a visa or a bank account. Here's when a US company actually makes sense for a non-resident — and when it's just extra cost and paperwork.
How to move to Australia by starting a company: before arrival, after a student visa, through self-sponsorship, or a branch transfer. Paths to temporary and permanent residency explained.
E-2 visa requires treaty-country citizenship and proven 50%+ ownership or control. Investment amounts, spouse work rights, and EB-1A/NIW alternatives explained.
An LLC won't get you a visa or a bank account. Here's when a US company actually makes sense for a non-resident — and when it's just extra cost and paperwork.
How to move to Australia by starting a company: before arrival, after a student visa, through self-sponsorship, or a branch transfer. Paths to temporary and permanent residency explained.
E-2 visa requires treaty-country citizenship and proven 50%+ ownership or control. Investment amounts, spouse work rights, and EB-1A/NIW alternatives explained.
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A company can support a visa when the business is real, backed by investment and creates jobs or economic benefit. The US E-2 investor visa is open only to nationals of countries with a qualifying treaty with the United States, Ukraine among them.
The intracompany L-1A lets a manager transfer to a US office and later petition for an EB-1C green card. Tax regimes for migrant entrepreneurs are covered as well.
For the E-2, the investment must be substantial relative to the cost of the business and already committed, and the business must not be marginal, meaning it has to do more than support the investor's family. The E-2 is issued for several years and can be renewed indefinitely, but it does not lead directly to a green card. In the EU, countries such as France issue residence permits to founders of innovative companies through the Talent Passport. Special regimes for newcomers, such as Spain's Beckham Law, can reduce taxes in the first years but come with strict conditions.