We are thrilled to announce Senators John Kerry (D-MA) & Richard Lugar (R-IN) today introduced The Startup Visa Act in Washington.
The full text of the proposed legislation is here.
This new legislation is also supported by signatures from over 100 US venture capital and angel investors.
The Startup Visa Act proposes legislation to modify the existing EB-5 Visa in order to drive job creation in the US and increase American global competitiveness. This would enable immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating new companies to secure visas to come to the United States, if there is investment capital available from a sponsoring US venture capital or angel investor of at least $100,000 in an equity financing of not less than $250,000.
Earlier legislation had been proposed last year by US Representative Jared Polis (D, CO-2), H.R. 4259, the Employment Benefit Act of 2009, also known as the StartupVisa. Later, HR 4259 was included in the overall House Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill.
The folks here at StartupVisa.com are all very proud of this moment, and we ask for your support as the proposed Startup Visa Act legislation moves closer to a vote. We will provide more information from the sponsoring legislators as it becomes available.
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The Startup Visa: Create Jobs, Get A Green Card | Startup Websites // February 24, 2010 at 11:12 pm
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StartUp Visa Act!!! | Aleksandar Grkov // February 25, 2010 at 4:03 am
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StartUp Boost vs Startup Visa « Communicator // March 2, 2010 at 12:15 pm
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Let things fall into place | Eternal Blogs // March 7, 2010 at 1:11 am
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Technology news - Techvibes Blog // March 9, 2010 at 7:53 pm
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[...] = 'rundes';La ley de Startup Visa de la que escuchamos a inicios de este año ha sido introducida en Washington por los senadores John Kerry y Richard Lugar que impulsa la creación de empleos en Estados Unidos y brinda oportunidad a empresarios [...]
K9 Ventures » Blog Archive » The truth about the Startup Visa // March 23, 2010 at 7:21 am
[...] I’ve met, don’t have that kind of money laying around to invest personally. The Startup Visa proposes that instead of the funding coming from the entrepreneur himself/herself, that funding can [...]
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