Good News for Foreign Enterpreneurs

The immigration lawyers at Zneimer & Zneimer learned of a proposed regulations by the Department of Homeland Security  to make it easy for enterprising foreign nationals to set up business in the US without the constraints of employer sponsored petitions that limited foreign nationals to an employer specific job and location. Under the proposed rule the DHS will use parole on a case-by-case basis for certain “entrepreneurs of start-up entities whose entry into the United States would provide a significant public benefit through the substantial and demonstrated potential for rapid business growth and job creation. Such potential would be indicated by, among other things, the receipt of significant capital investment from U.S. investors with established records of successful investments, or obtaining significant awards or grants from certain Federal, State or local government entities.” According to the proposed regulations, “If granted, parole would provide a temporary initial stay of up to 2 years (which may be extended by up to an additional 3 years) to facilitate the applicant’s ability to oversee and grow his or her start-up entity in the United States.” This is good news because immigrants have made significant contributions to the US economy and have created hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Comments can be submitted through web, email, mail, or hand delivery. The prposed rule is identified by DHS Docket No. USCIS-2015-0006. To submit comments

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: uscisfrcomment@dhs.gov. (the Docket number in the submect line)
• Mail/Hand delivery: Samantha Deshommes, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20529. (Again, don’t forget the docket number)

https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-proposes-rule-to-welcome-international-entrepreneurs.

If you are a foreign entrepreneur with a business idea, contact attorney Sofia Zneimer at 773-516-4100.  Even though this is just a proposed regulations there may be interim options for your ability to put your idea into practice in the United States.