Entrepreneur Visa
Startup and Entrepreneur Visa Programs Criteria
We’ve vetted each program listed to determine if it is truly geared at startups and entrepreneurs, or if it is simply a re-branded investement visa. We’re striving to only include visas that are:
- Created to enrich the local tech ecosystem in a country.
- Do not require arbitrary payments or non-business investements.
- Are open to exceptional tech founders and not based purely on personal financial resources.
COUNTRIES
Australia
Canada
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Ireland
UK
USA
SWITZERLAND
GERMANY
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Eligibility
Entrepreneurs applying for parole under this rule must show that they:
- Have a substantial ownership interest in a startup entity created in the past five years in the United States that has substantial potential for rapid growth and job creation;
- Have a central and active role in the startup entity such that they are well-positioned to substantially help with the growth and success of the business;
- Will provide a significant public benefit to the United States based on their role as an entrepreneur of the startup entity by showing that:
- The startup entity has received a significant investment of capital from certain qualified U.S. investors with established records of successful investments;
- The startup entity has received significant awards or grants for economic development, research and development, or job creation (or other types of grants or awards typically given to startup entities) from federal, state, or local government entities that regularly provide such awards or grants to startup entities; or
- They partially meet either or both the previous two requirements and provide additional reliable and compelling evidence of the startup entity’s substantial potential for rapid growth and job creation; and
- Otherwise merit a favorable exercise of discretion.
A spouse or child of an entrepreneur applying for parole under this rule must show that they:
- Are independently eligible for parole based on significant public benefit or urgent humanitarian reasons; and
- Merit a favorable exercise of discretion.
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Applying Process
Filing Form I-941, Application for Entrepreneur Parole
- You must file Form I-941, Application for Entrepreneur Parole, with the required fees (including biometric services fees) and supporting documentary evidence per 8 C.F.R. § 212.19 and the Form I-941 instructions. The filing fee for Form I-941 is $1,200, and the biometric services fee is $85.
- Filing and obtaining approval of a Form I-941 application under this rule will not, by itself, constitute a grant of parole. If your Form I-941 application is approved, you must visit a U.S. consulate abroad to obtain travel documentation (for example, a boarding foil) before appearing at a U.S. port of entry for a final parole determination. A Canadian national traveling directly from Canada to a U.S. port of entry may present an approved Form I-941 at the U.S. port of entry without first obtaining travel documentation.
Filing Form I-131, Application for Travel Document
- The spouse and children (unmarried, minor child under 21 years of age) of an entrepreneur who submits Form I-941 may file Form I-131, Application for Travel Document, with the required application fee and biometrics services fee, to request parole to accompany or join the entrepreneur. They may file the Form I-131 concurrently with the Form I-941 or separately.
- The filing fee for Form I-131 filed by the spouse or child of an entrepreneur is $575. A biometric services fee of $85 is required for applicants 14 through 79 years of age. For Part 2 Application Type, write “IER” in the margin of Form I-131. You must file Form I-131 with evidence showing that you are the dependent spouse or child of an entrepreneur parolee or an applicant for entrepreneur parole.
- Submit all the following documents:
- A copy of a marriage certificate or birth certificate establishing your relationship to an entrepreneur parolee or an applicant for entrepreneur parole; and
- Documentation indicating that the entrepreneur has a pending Form I-941 requesting parole, that such request was granted, or that the entrepreneur is a parolee—you are filing the Form I-131 concurrently with the entrepreneur’s Form I-941 Such documentation may include a copy of:
- Form I-797, Notice of Action, indicating our receipt of the entrepreneur’s Form I-941;
- The entrepreneur’s Form I-512L, Authorization for Parole of an Alien into the United States; or
- Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, indicating that the entrepreneur has been paroled into the United States.
Filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization
- If we approve the Form I-131 and the spouse of the entrepreneur is paroled into the United States, the spouse may then apply for employment authorization by filing Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization. Children of the entrepreneur will not be eligible to apply for employment authorization under this rule. For Item Number 27, Eligibility Category, enter “(C)(34).” File Form I-765 with evidence of your parole status, such as your Form I-94, and evidence you are the spouse of an International Entrepreneur Parolee, such as a copy of the principal’s Form I-94 and a copy of your marriage certificate.
- Note: If you submit a Form I-765 to USCIS before the spouse has been paroled into the United States, we may deny the application and not return your fees.
File your completed form(s) at the USCIS Dallas Lockbox facility.
