Non E-2 Treaty Visa Countries

We have compiled full list of countries that have no E-2 treaty agreement with United States. As a result nationals of these countries cannot apply for E-2 non-immigrant visas to enter United States.

Below are full list of countries that do not have E-2 investor visa treaties.

Afghanistan	Greece	Mozambique
Algeria	Guatemala	Myanmar
Andorra	Guinea	Namibia
Angola	Guinea-Bissau	Nauru
Antigua & Barbuda	Guyana	Nepal
Bahamas	Haiti	Nicaragua
Barbados	Hong Kong SAR	Niger
Belarus	Hungary	Nigeria
Belize	Iceland	Palestine
Benin	India	Palau
Bhutan	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
Botswana	Iran*	Peru
Brazil	Iraq
Brunei	Ivory Coast	Qatar
Burkina Faso	Kazakhstan	Russian Federation
Burundi	Kenya	Rwanda
Cambodia	Kiribati	St Kitts & Nevis
Cape Verde	North Korea*	Saint Lucia
Central African Rep	Kuwait	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Chad	Laos	Samoa
China	Lebanon	San Marino
Comoros	Lesotho	Sao Tome & Principe
Croatia	Libya	Saudi Arabia
Cuba	Liechtenstein	Seychelles
Cyprus	Madagascar	Sierra Leone
Djibouti	Malawi	Solomon Islands
Dominica	Malaysia	Somalia
Dominican Republic	Maldives	South Africa
El Salvador	Mali	South Sudan
Equatorial Guinea	Macau SAR	Sudan
Eritrea	Malta	Suriname
Eswatini	Marshall Islands	Syria*
Fiji	Mauritania	Tajikistan
Gabon	Mauritius	Tanzania
Gambia	Micronesia	Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Ghana	Monaco	Tonga

* Cannot apply due to Trump travel ban on non immigrant visas

What is E-2 visa?

E-2 visa is a non-immigrant investment visa issued by United States. In recent years, E-2 visas became more popular than EB-5, because this visa is cheaper, faster and only low investment required ($100,000 minimum but atleast $200,000 recommended ). You must also create 5 jobs without which it is impossible to create jobs.

What are E-2 visa benefits from EB-5?

As of 2020, EB-5 requires $900,000 investment and creation of 10 jobs. Many consider EB5 way too expensive and significant waiting times (years). There is a huge difference between these two programs.

How to use Citizenship by investment?

If you come from any of these non-E2 countries above the only way you will be eligible for E-2 visa is to use Citizenship by investment programs. Once you become a CBI citizen, you can file for E-2 visa at any US consulate, where you are resident or citizen of. E-2 visas are issued for maximum of 2 years with extensions.

Which CBI countries provide E-2 visa opportunity?

Only 6 citizenship by investment programs will offer you E-2 visa option.

• Montenegro (350K euro)
• Turkey ($250K)
• Bulgaria (€1m)
• Grenada ($150K)
• Egypt  ($250K)
• Jordan ($1m)

Which is the cheapest CBI + E2 visa route?

Of all these Grenada is the cheapest route.  You are looking at total costs about $275,000 for Grenada passport ($175K) and E-2 visa investment ($100K). There are also US attorney costs.

Please contact us for more information.