No Cost American Citizenship

No Cost American Citizenship

No Cost American Citizenship
By
William Cate

Full employment is a cornerstone to political stability everywhere in the world. In Democratic societies, elections that follow a Recession or Depression usually ensure that the politicians in power lose their jobs to a new wave of politicians promising full employment. In this context, many countries' immigration policy reflects their recognition for the need to create jobs. The United States has taken limited steps to use its immigration policy to encourage an increase in domestic employment. Any astute multinational corporation can use the opportunity that the U.S. Government's immigration policy has created to allow key employees to become American citizens without cost.

There are four American immigration visas that multinational corporations have used to convert U.S. residency into American citizenship

I. EB-1-3 Multinational Executive Visa is a request for permanent US residence. Applicants do not go through the lengthy and burdensome process of labor certification. The only visa requirement is that the multinational corporation furnishes the applicant a job. The visa application must state that the applicant will be employed in the United States in a managerial or executive capacity. The multinational corporation must have been doing business, for at least one year in the United States, before submitting a EB-1-3 Visa application. The applicant must have worked for the company outside the USA as an executive or manager for at least three years prior to filing the Visa Application. This visa is intended to give the executive permanent residency status in the United States. In theory, it precludes the visa holder from applying for U.S. citizenship. However, working in the multinational corporation's U.S. office allows the executive to attain a "green card." With a green card, the executive is on the path to being a U.S. citizen.

II. The L-1 Intra-Company Transfer Visa is designed to allow employees of a multinational corporation, with an affiliate, subsidiary company or branch operating in the US, to come to work for that branch in the US. There is no annual quota. The multinational corporation must have continuously employed the L-1 applicant outside the USA for at least one year within the past three years. The multinational corporation must own the U.S. subsidiary. The applicant must be employed as a manager, executive or have "specialized knowledge." The applicant must intend to depart the US when his or her stay is over. However, the applicant may also pursue permanent residency (An EB-1-3 Visa) simultaneously with his or her residence, without a negative impact on the ability to keep or extend an L-visa.

III. III. E-2 Investor Visa only applies to passport holders from a select group of countries. The multinational corporation must be incorporated in one of this select group of countries. The visa applicant must be an active investor in the company. They must work as a manager or executive for the multinational corporation. The applicant investor must plan to depart the USA when the E-2 visa expires.

In theory, none of the above three U.S. Visas allow the visa holder to
become a U.S. citizen. However, attorneys can use any of these visas as a basis for a citizenship application. It takes time and there is an uncertain outcome to anyone relying on these visas as the path to U.S. Citizenship. Under present U.S. Law, the U.S. EB-5 Visa is the only application that can directly lead to eventual U.S. Citizenship

IV. The statutory requirements of the U.S. EB-5 Visa category are onerous. This option could require that your multinational corporation lend a U.S. Government approved project US$1,000,000 to create at least ten U.S. jobs. There is an annual quota of 10,000 EB-5 visas. However, only about 1,000 applicants are actually accepted into the United States each year under the EB-5 Visa program. There is a rigorous and lengthy application process. Qualifying a person for EB-5 status is one of the most complicated subspecialties in immigration law. A sophisticated knowledge of corporate, tax, investment and immigration laws are all required. Multinational corporations must discard normal investment opportunities in favor of investments structured to meet the unrealistic requirements of the EB-5 Visa regulations.

To use any of these U.S. Visa options, your road to becoming a U.S. citizen without cost requires that you must solve three related problems.

The 21st Century will be the Century of the Multinational Corporation. No cost American citizenship is only one advantage that multinational corporations have over national companies. Any national company that hasn't considered evolving into a multinational corporation doesn't see the economic handwriting on the wall. The ebook, Venture Capital Profits, offers one logical way to move your company forward into the global village. The money needed to follow this international vision is readily available.

You will need a creative and competent immigration law firm to make the current American visa process work for you. I've outlined the requirements for the U.S. visas that have worked for multinational corporations. However, I'm not an attorney. The advantages of the law firm that I recommend are outlined at: [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/id36.html]

Creating jobs is the justification for allowing executives of multinational corporations to become U.S. citizenship without cost. Like all legal systems, there is an Achilles heel that leverages a positive outcome from any of these visa applications. You can research and find this outcome on the Net. Or, you can work with Beowulf Investments and we'll suggest it. In either case, you'll find that it is possible to get a U.S. passport, without wading across the Rio Grande River.

About the Author

He has been the Managing Director of Beowulf Investments [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] since 1981 and is the Executive Director of the Global Village Investment Club [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]
You can email Mr. Cate at: Beowulfinvestments@Earthlink.net