CanuckLawyer
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Canada
Everyone seems to have a nom de plume, so I'll have one of my own. I've posted before about getting my green card, but a better solution, at least in the interim, is to get in as a principal investor. I've discussed this with my colleagues, and I think that, as a Canadian citizen, an E 2 Treaty Investor may be a better way. I own 100% of my law firm, as I've mentioned, and I have several full-time employees, including another lawyer on staff and two others on contract, and, by 2009, I hope to have another full-time assistant and a second lawyer on staff.
I can put quite a bit of money up front, enough to sustain a law office and an assistant for at least two years, even if we got no revenue in (though, of course, that's highly unlikely that no one will give us a penny in that time). I can also provide further cash reserves to support myself for that time. My law firm, therefore, is not marginal, and, I think, there's a good chance I can build quite a good law firm in both countries.
I have two questions:
1) Do I have to get my license before I apply for my E 2 visa? I'm thinking of getting the visa, then spending a few months slowly building the office system and studying for the bar. This would be much more comfortable for me.
2) I've done some research, and I'm not sure if I have to start the firm in the US before I get my visa. Can I put the funds in escrow until my application is approved?
3) How long would it take? I would like to write the bar in 2009, but I can put the funds in escrow in the meantime.
Lana, what're your fees? Send me a pm.
Everyone seems to have a nom de plume, so I'll have one of my own. I've posted before about getting my green card, but a better solution, at least in the interim, is to get in as a principal investor. I've discussed this with my colleagues, and I think that, as a Canadian citizen, an E 2 Treaty Investor may be a better way. I own 100% of my law firm, as I've mentioned, and I have several full-time employees, including another lawyer on staff and two others on contract, and, by 2009, I hope to have another full-time assistant and a second lawyer on staff.
I can put quite a bit of money up front, enough to sustain a law office and an assistant for at least two years, even if we got no revenue in (though, of course, that's highly unlikely that no one will give us a penny in that time). I can also provide further cash reserves to support myself for that time. My law firm, therefore, is not marginal, and, I think, there's a good chance I can build quite a good law firm in both countries.
I have two questions:
1) Do I have to get my license before I apply for my E 2 visa? I'm thinking of getting the visa, then spending a few months slowly building the office system and studying for the bar. This would be much more comfortable for me.
2) I've done some research, and I'm not sure if I have to start the firm in the US before I get my visa. Can I put the funds in escrow until my application is approved?
3) How long would it take? I would like to write the bar in 2009, but I can put the funds in escrow in the meantime.
Lana, what're your fees? Send me a pm.
