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Eligibility
For the E-1 Treaty Trader Visa

Nationals belonging to a foreign country that has signed a trade and investment treaty with the U.S. are eligible for the E-1 visa only if they fulfill the following requirements:

•Even prior to the filing of the E-1 visa application, the applying nationals must have engaged in substantial trade between the treaty country and the U.S.

•At least 50% of the total amount of trade conducted by the individual or the organization must be between the U.S. and the treaty nation.

For the E-2 Treaty Trader Visa

The eligibility conditions for E-2 visa are same as for the E-1 visa except that applicants must solely

•Develop and manage the enterprise in which he/she has invested in or is planning to invest a substantial amount of capital.

•Be an employee who has to perform services that require special qualifications and that are indispensable to the operations of the treaty investor’s enterprise.

Document Requirements
For the E-1 Visa

Foreign nationals are required to submit the following documents for processing

•A copy of the passport and a statement explaining the structure and function of the business.

•Documents, such as trade invoices, sales reports, company financial statements and so on that show that there has been continued trade between the U.S. and the treaty country.

•To support all secondary applications, applicants must provide a copy of the birth certificate and marriage certificate.

•For applicants already residing in the U.S, a copy of U.S. Visa and Form I-94 is considered mandatory.

For the E-2 Visa

A few more additional documents are required for processing the E-2 visa in addition to those required for the E-1 visa

•A business plan explaining the nature and function of the business from start to finish, the initial investment, and employment projections.

•A comprehensive letter must be sent to the US Immigration Services revealing the level of the applicant’s role in the investment.

•An employee should submit his proof of position, such as organizational chart, job description, and recruitment efforts.

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Every year, the U.S. Department of State conducts a congressionally-mandated lottery called the Diversity Visa Lottery program that grants around 50,000 U.S. permanent resident visas to foreign nationals who meet certain eligibility standards specified by the U.S. law. Such diversity visas are available only to nationals of countries with relatively low U.S. immigration rates. Under this visa lottery program, successful participants are granted permanent residence and work status.

Diversity Visa Lottery Process and Distribution

•The visas are distributed on a regional basis. The maximum number of visas under the visa lottery program will go to regions with lower rates of immigration to the U.S.

•No visas will go to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the past 5 years.

•Foreign nationals belonging to countries, such as Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are also eligible.

•It should be noted that in a year, no single country can receive more than 7% of the total number of visas.

Those interested in joining the Green Card visa lottery program have to register electronically, through the internet. It must be noted that the one-month registration period for submitting an entry to register for the U.S. Green Card Lottery 2012, also known as DV-2012, ended at noon on 3 November 2010, Eastern Daylight time.

Every year, applicants are expected to complete the electronic Diversity Visa Lottery application form. After the completion of green card application, applicants are required to submit photos for all family members included on the lottery registration and pay the processing fee. If registration is done at www.usa-green-card.com, their entire registration process will be taken care of by a professional team from USA Green Card. They will not only help process their DV-2012 applications, but also offer free airfare to the U.S. for successful visa applicants who registered through them.