Formation add-on

Visa Strategy

In writing: the visa that fits your business best, L-1 or E-2, matched to your company formation.

Visa Strategy
$2,000 per company

Attorney fees for the application and government fees for the petition and visa are charged separately.

Add to your formation

Together with the tax concept: $3,600.

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What you get

For everyone you want to send to the USA, step by step.

  • In writing: the visa that fits your business best, for every person you plan to send to the USA.
  • You book the applications separately; the attorney fees for the application and the government fees come on top.
  • The company is one building block; the visa is a separate decision made by the US authorities.

L-1 or E-2

Which route is open to you depends on your situation.

The preferred route

L-1

L-1 is the preferred route wherever it is open: a substantial company abroad that is affiliated with your US company sends someone who worked there full time for at least one continuous year within the three years before the application, in a managerial role or with specialized knowledge.

For a new office in the USA, business premises must be secured, and the first approval is valid for one year at most.

Without a company abroad

E-2

If there is no such company, E-2 may be an option. It requires citizenship of a treaty country (most European countries, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, are on the US State Department's treaty country list), a substantial investment in a real US business that you build and run, and that citizens of the treaty country hold at least half of it.

More on the E-2 investor visa

Not forming a company? Then the Visa Strategy without a company formation is the right fit for you. Everything about visas and green cards: US Visa & Green Card.

How it works

Ordered with your formation, delivered in writing.

  1. 1
    You add it on

    In the order card for your formation, whether as a subsidiary of your company or as a company of your own.

  2. 2
    We take down your details

    Once your payment arrives, we get in touch within one business day.

  3. 3
    You get it in writing

    The Visa Strategy for your business, as a written document. You book the applications separately.

Tax Concept and Visa Strategy together: one order, and you save $400. See the Tax Concept $3,600

Questions

Questions about the Visa Strategy

Can my company at home send employees to the US company?
That is what the L-1 is for, and it is the preferred route: your company at home sends someone who has worked for it full time for at least one continuous year within the three years before the application, in a managerial role or with specialized knowledge. For a new office in the USA, business premises must be secured, and the first approval is valid for one year at most. The Visa Strategy for $2,000 sets out in writing which route fits whom.
Are the application fees included?
No. Attorney fees for the application and government fees for the petition and visa are charged separately.
Can I add the Visa Strategy later?
Yes. You can book extras later too, at the same prices.

With every formation

Choose your company. The Visa Strategy is already ticked.

Each link opens the order card for that company with the Visa Strategy included. You see the total right away.

Order

Order it with your formation.

You add the Visa Strategy in the order card for your company formation. You see the total right away.

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