Are you immigrating to the United States as an Essential Employee? The Shihab Burke LLC Immigration Lawyers are here for your immigration needs. With offices in Columbus, Ohio, service areas in Troy, Michigan, and serving clients internationally, our immigration attorneys will work tirelessly to process your cases. H1-B, L-1, O-1, TN USMCA, Essential Employees, E-3, B-1 are all part of our American Work Visas services.
The primary purpose of E-1 Treaty Traders and E-2 Treaty Investors visas are to allow international traders and international investors to live and work in the United States. However, those individuals can also bring their “essential employees” with them to the United States. If you already have an E Visa company established, essential employee visas can help you transfer talent from your home country.
The attorneys of Shihab Burke LLC Immigration Lawyers have experience with E visas for essential employees in a wide variety of cases: large multinational companies and small businesses, professionals and non-professionals, and from countries all around the world.
Please call or email to discuss your business with one of our attorneys and learn more about E essential employees. With offices in Columbus, Ohio, service areas in Troy, Michigan, and serving clients internationally, our law firm will work tirelessly to process your Essential Employees case.
E visas are available only to those who have the same nationality as the company. So, for example, a German E company would only be able to employ Germans as essential employees in the United States.
Essential employees would include the following individuals:
The last category, those with essential special qualifications, is unique in its flexibility. Many U.S. visa categories are limited to “professional” positions with very high requirements in terms of education, experience and/or credentials. Meanwhile, E visas can be issued to skilled tradesmen and other important “non-professional” occupations that are critical to your business.
Most E visa applications are filed through U.S. consulates in the home E-visa country. No prior approval from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the U.S. is required.
Most U.S. consulates have very strict requirements for E visa applicants in terms of documentation required. Further, a visa applicant must be well prepared for their interview. They will only have a short amount of time to plead their case to the U.S. government. A skilled immigration attorney can guide your employees on what to expect during the interview to give them the best chance for success.
