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United Nations — Treaty Series
1956
ANNEX
Section 41.71 (b), Title 22, United States Code of Federal Regulations
- (b) An alien applying for a visa as a nonimmigrant treaty trader under the provisions of section 101 (a) (15) (E) (i) of the Act shall be required to present any evidence deemed necessary by the consular officer to establish that he is entitled to nonimmigrant classification under that section. Such alien shall establish specifically that:
- (1) He is proceeding to the United States solely for the purpose of carrying on substantial trade principally between the United States and the foreign state of which he is a national, under and in pursuance of the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and such foreign state. In this connection, bank statements, invoices, and correspondence from persons or organizations with whom or with which he has, and will have, commercial relations, may be required:
- (2) He intends in good faith, and will be able, to depart from the United States upon the termination of his states: and that
- (3) If he is employed or to be employed, his employer shall be a foreign person or organization and he shall be engaged in duties of a supervisory or executive character, or if he is, or is to be, employed in a minor capacity, he has special qualifications which make his services essential to the efficient operations of the employer. An alien employed solely in a manual capacity shall not be entitled to classification as a treaty trader.
Section 41.76 (b), Title 22, United States Code of Federal Regulations
- (b) An alien applying for a visa as a nonimmigrant under the prevision of section 101 (a) (15) (E) (i) of the Act shall be required to present any evidence deemed necessary by the consular officer to establish that he is entitled to nonimmigrant classification under that section. Such alien shall establish specifically that:
- (1) He seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of developing and directing the operations of an enterprise in the United States: (i) In which he has invested, or is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital; or (ii) in which his employer has invested, or is actively in the process of investing, a substantial amount of capital: Provided, That such employer is a foreign person or organization of the same nationality as the applicant and that the applicant is employed by such person or organization in a responsible capacity; or
- (2) He seeks to enter the United States as the spouse or child of an alien described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph; and
- (3) He is not applying for a nonimmigrant visa in an effort to evade the quota or other restrictions which are applicable to immigrants;
- (4) He intends in good faith, and will be able, to depart from the United States upon the termination of his status; and
- (5) The enterprise is one which actually exists or is in active process of formation, and is not a fictitious paper operation.
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