United States

For clients in Pakistan, the United States is a treaty-investor corridor. The programme we brief is E-2. Pakistan’s Treaty of Friendship and Commerce has supported E-2 nationality since 12 February 1961. Caribbean citizenship-by-investment is a separate passport product; it is not required for E-2, does not confer US residence, and is not a merchant-account product. Forming a US limited liability company is a corporate act, not immigration status.

E-2 is a nonimmigrant classification. The applicant forms or acquires a bona fide US enterprise, holds at least 50% of it, and places capital that is committed and at risk. There is no statutory dollar floor; substantiality is judged against the nature of the business. A remote formation, a token wire, or an empty shell does not meet the test. The investor must direct and develop the enterprise after entry.

EB-5 sits on the same briefing as the immigrant-investor track: USD 800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area or USD 1.05 million otherwise, with a ten-job requirement. It is slower, diligence-heavy, and not a workaround for a weak E-2 file. E-1, L-1, EB-1C, and International Entrepreneur Parole are separate, evidence-heavy categories with their own trade, employer, or extraordinary-ability facts; they are not a formation package. Consular E-2 from Pakistan is the relocate path we plan.

Source-of-funds evidence and a consular interview are central to the file. Family timing and capital sequencing belong in the first briefing. Banking and merchant accounts are commercial decisions, independent of immigration status. Requirements are set by the host government and are verified with licensed counsel before engagement. Outcomes are decided by US authorities and are not guaranteed.