Why you Should Hire an Attorney for your Investor Visa

 

 

Published on Oct 19, 2024

Investing in the U.S. is a big step—and so is navigating the visa process! From understanding the legal requirements to making sure your application is airtight, having the right legal team by your side can make all the difference in your success.

 

Why do I need an attorney to help me with my business or investor visa?

This is a question we get all the time. The truth of the matter is that you might be a great business man or woman, but you’re not an immigration attorney! First, it is important for you to know that the requirements are much more than what’s listed on the basic USCIS website. One of the first benefits of having an immigration attorney is doing the due diligence. This means looking at the type of investment, what the best solution for you, are there other investor visas available for you, and what are your chances of success? It is is really important before you spend all this time and money to have somebody with ample experience to look at your case. Second, is the document preparation and submission. Showing an investment is not enough. We must show the source of funds, the substantialness of the investment, whether it’s marginal and whether the funds are legal. A great thing that attorney can help you do is manage your expectations and whether or not your timeline is actually reasonable in comparison to USCIS timelines. If you’re trying to get your business off the ground operating and started by July 2025, an immigration attorney will be able to tell you whether or not that’s realistic. Another great benefit of having an immigration attorney help you with your investor visa is having somebody give you piece of mind. Or at least be able to handle the process for you. We have things like different time zones, distance, that can get in the way of getting your visa off the ground. Having somebody in the U.S. to help you with your investor visa and navigate USCIS with you is going to be able to relieve you so much stress. Moreover when the attorney files the case, we have certain tools, were we are able to file inquiries with USCIS. If you come for us looking for help after the fact, we may not be able to contact them for you again. This is just a general overview of the benefits of having legal counsel with filing your investor visa.