Can Employees of a Treaty Trader Company Get E-1 Visas?
A treaty trader company can bring staff on E-1 visas, but only if they share its nationality and fill an executive, supervisory, or essential role.
A treaty trader company can bring staff on E-1 visas, but only if they share its nationality and fill an executive, supervisory, or essential role.
The E-1 tests your trade and the E-2 tests your investment. Most other rules are shared, so the choice turns on which record is stronger.
Most E-1 applicants apply at a U.S. consulate with Forms DS-160 and DS-156E. Here is the order of steps and what slows each one down.
The E-1 needs no investment. It needs trade that is substantial, already flowing, and mostly between the U.S. and your treaty country.
There is no dollar minimum for E-1 trade. Officers weigh volume, frequency, and whether most of your international trade runs to one treaty country.