Sep
7
Q: I am officially the ‘main investor’ on my E2 visa. Can my partner work on the visa?
A: When the application is made for the E2 visa, there needs to be on investor and one non-investor if one spouse wishes to work. In order to qualify as the investor all the investment documentation i.e., documents showing the purchase of the business must be in the name of the new owner. This new one qualifies for the E2 investor visa on that basis, et. al and the spouse then qualifies for the work permit. This is not something that is easily interchangeable, as what it would entail would be a legal changing of ownership from one spouse to the other with USCIS approval. It would be better if the spouse most likely to end up in the work place long term not be the designated owner of the business even if initially, that spouse may play a leading role in setting up the business for the investing spouse.