 | New Web Portal to Help Immigrant Entrepreneurs in USA |
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that oversees immigration to the United States. USCIS seeks to secure America’s promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, and ensuring the integrity of the immigration system. The Getting Started tool provides you with a high-level overview of the immigration process, from the perspective of an entrepreneur seeking to start a business in the United States. Immigrants looking to start a firm and remain in the United States have a new tool at their disposal. A new Web portal launched by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to help them navigate the process of registering for and securing visas to extend their stay in the country. Announced last week, Entrepreneur Pathways is more of a user-friendly guide to existing resources on the USCIS site than it is a stand-alone resource. Immigrants looking to start a firm and remain in the United States have a new tool at their disposal—a portal launched by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to help them navigate the process of registering for and securing visas to extend their stay in the country. Announced last week, Entrepreneur Pathways is more of a user-friendly guide to existing resources on the USCIS site than it is a stand-alone resource. Currently, the site only provides a “high level overview of the immigration process” as well as a visa guide that outlines “nonimmigrant” visa categories that may be appropriate for them. Nonimmigrant visas are temporary and for those who can demonstrate that they intend to return to their home country. Clearly, the more important category will be for immigrant visa categories that allow for permanent worker status—these resources are said to be slated for inclusion on the site sometime in the future. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/eir SOURCE: Entrepreneurship.org, USCIS.gov |
