What is an E Visa?
An E visa is given to foreign nationals if they meet certain treaty or international agreement-related criteria related to trading and/or investing. The United States has entered into Treaties of Friendship, Commerce, or Navigation, Bilateral Investment Treaties, and Free Trade Agreements with more than 78 countries. Some of those treaties accord foreign nationals visa privileges under section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Some treaties allow foreign nationals from the treaty country to come to the U.S. as a treaty trader, treaty investor, or both depending on the terms of the treaty executed between the two countries. For example, if a foreign national wishes to come to the U.S. in treaty investor status but the terms of the treaty do not provide for treaty investor status, then that foreign national cannot qualify for that visa category. If the U.S. does not have a treaty with your country allowing for entrance on an E visa, you don’t qualify under this visa c
