S.3029 - StartUp Visa Act of 2010

A bill to establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish a business in the United States. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish a business in the United States. as introduced.
  • Short: StartUp Visa Act of 2010 as introduced.

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2/24/2010--Introduced.StartUp Visa Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture c

Official Summary

2/24/2010--Introduced.StartUp Visa Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur:
(1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and
(2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred:
(1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fail to meet investment requirements; or
(2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.

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10/28/10
Full of aroma and bouquet..: 미국 이민 개혁안 어디로 가니?

S. 3029 and H.R. 5193는 새로운 비자를 제정하여 외국 기업인이 Venture capital 회사의 지원으로 자본금 $250000의 회사를 설립하고 5명 이상의 미국인을 고용토록 장려하는 법안을 담고 있다. H.R. 1791은 외

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10/14/10
The Startup Visa: A Boost for Small Business? | BNET

and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) introduced the Startup Visa Act of 2010 (S. 3029), which focuses solely on EB-5 reform, reallocating a portion of the 10000 visas allowed annually under the EB-5 category and creating a new EB-6 category ...

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09/01/10
Route to Maui: visas: Maui Addicted: The Blog!

If you have any good entrepreneurial idea then an eye must definitely be kept on the StartUp Visa Act, S. 3029 (by John Kerry (D-MA) & Richard Lugar (R-IN)) which aims to improve the current EB-5 Visa. By the way if you are reading this ...

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