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Which visa fits your employee or your investment?

Eleven U.S. visa and green-card paths for employees, investors and individuals.

General information, not legal advice. It creates no attorney-client relationship, and a path shown as possible does not mean you qualify. Nothing is stored or sent.

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General information, not legal advice. This questionnaire creates no attorney-client relationship. Eligibility depends on facts and current rules that an attorney has to review. A path shown as possible is not a promise that you qualify, and a path ruled out here may still be worth asking about.

After each answer, a side panel shows which paths stay open and which are ruled out, and why. It covers employee, investor and individual paths. Nothing you choose is stored or sent.

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What are you mainly trying to do?

Choose the closest one.

What is your nationality?

If you hold more than one, choose the one you would use to apply.

Where are you now, and what is your U.S. status?
Do you own, or plan to invest in, a business?
How much could you commit to a U.S. business?

Count only money you could place at risk in the business and could show came from lawful sources.

In the last three years, did you work for one company abroad for at least one continuous year?

Count work as a manager, an executive or in a role needing specialized knowledge, for a company that has or plans to open a related U.S. office (a parent, branch, subsidiary or affiliate).

Do you have a U.S. job offer?
What is your highest degree?
Which of these describe your career?

Choose all that apply.

Do you have a close relative in the U.S. who is a citizen or permanent resident?
How long have you been a permanent resident?
Are you afraid to return to your home country, do you have a removal (deportation) case, or are you detained?

If yes, we will point you to an urgent consultation. Please do not file forms on your own.

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The paths this questionnaire covers

These are general starting points, not a complete list of U.S. immigration options.

Who handles this

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    Nora Busra Turan

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    Beyza Candelen

    Attorney

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