Today My US Investor Visa Application Was Denied

Post by Ennis » Fri, May 15, 2009, 7:53 AM UTC

boris wrote: post #41

Ennis wrote: post #4

Come to Canada! Seriously think about it. Give these a read as well. http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/en/Default.aspx http://investincanada.gc.ca/eng/default.aspx

The Entrepreneur residence to Canada required net worth of CAD$300,000 which is quite a lot more than USD$65,000. Plus there are other requirements such as several years of experience running a business. Finally, if you look at the application processing times, in most countries it takes 1-2 years. And it doesn't seem there is a way to start a business in Canada without a permanent residence.

Post by scarface548 » Fri, May 15, 2009, 7:57 AM UTC

sho wrote: post #38

scarface548 wrote: post #35

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Its not about status of the country , each country is given a fixed quota . Usually from developed countries less number of people are trying to come to America than from say a third world country, so the backlog of a applications is less , thus the faster processing.

That may be a factor, but it is not the only factor. When applying for a spouse visa, someone from (say) Norway has little economic incentive to gain the visa. As a general rule of thumb, their visa will be subject to less checks and the marriage assumed to be genuine. They just don't have much motive to lie or try and fake their way through. Someone moving from (say) Cambodia, however, will face an entirely differen…

Post by davidw » Fri, May 15, 2009, 8:21 AM UTC

wheels wrote: post #16

meterplech wrote: post #2

This is another sad example of the US's twisted immigration policy. Brilliant entrepreneurs, scientists, and academics want to come in legally and are rejected, while thousands of others come in illegally.

Not really. There are plenty of examples of that, but this is an example of someone applying for a special kind of visa that they were obviously not qualified for and then not getting it. I'm sorry for them on a personal level, but at an institutional level, the system worked just fine.

Post by boris » Fri, May 15, 2009, 8:36 AM UTC

Ennis wrote: post #42

boris wrote: post #41

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The Entrepreneur residence to Canada required net worth of CAD$300,000 which is quite a lot more than USD$65,000. Plus there are other requirements such as several years of experience running a business. Finally, if you look at the application processing times, in most countries it takes 1-2 years. And it doesn't seem there is a way to start a business in Canada without a permanent residence.

Yes that's true unforetunately. But getting a work visa in Canada is not difficult. It's likely with his skills he can find a tech job here. If it's that important he has access to the US then being in Canada is the best next option. The extra money would only hurt in his loss of time dedicated to his startup work.

Post by davidw » Fri, May 15, 2009, 8:44 AM UTC

wheels wrote: post #49

davidw wrote: post #46

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At an 'institutional level', it's a bunch of horse shit. Sorry, but the whole mess brings out strong feelings: the process to get my wife (who is also the mother of our American daughter), into the US is quite a hassle. And we're talking about someone with a doctorate in biochemistry from a wealthy nation. Tons of similar stories of intelligent, hard working, qualified people being hassled to no end. Remember when Li…

The guy applied for an investor's visa. He's not an investor. If your wife applied for an investor's visa and not an I'm-married-to-an-American visa and didn't get it and said, "But I really love my husband." that wouldn't mean that she'd been unfairly denied.