What are various US immigrant visas for business purposes?

[andrecruzzzer]

Just like there is B-1 US visa in non-immigrant category for business purposes, are there any similar visas in immigrant category for the same??

If yes, a little detail about them would help.

Also, there is EB-5 visa aka ‘Greencard through investment’ which are available to anyone who invests a certain amount of money in the United States by creating a business or expanding one that already exists. Here you are required to invest minimum $5,000,000 (securing/creating at least 10 jobs for US citizens) to be eligible for the EB-5 visas:

My doubt here is that if I (a foreign citizen) found a company (based on a niche idea) in US that raises funds from US venture firms henceforth drawing required investments and creating sufficient jobs for US citizens - thus investing in the US economy by ‘creating a business’ but I am not investing any of my money directly -, am I still eligible for EB-5 (Greencard through investment) visa??

[Darth_Panda]

@andrecruzzzer

Just like there is B-1 US visa in non-immigrant category for business purposes, are there any similar visas in immigrant category for the same??

If yes, a little detail about them would help.

Also, there is EB-5 visa aka ‘Greencard through investment’ which are available to anyone who invests a certain amount of money in the United States by creating a business or expanding one that already exists. Here you are required to invest minimum $5,000,000 (securing/creating at least 10 jobs for US citizens) to be eligible for the EB-5 visas:

My doubt here is that if I (a foreign citizen) found a company (based on a niche idea) in US that raises funds from US venture firms henceforth drawing required investments and creating sufficient jobs for US citizens - thus investing in the US economy by ‘creating a business’ but I am not investing any of my money directly -, am I still eligible for EB-5 (Greencard through investment) visa??

This website has a lot of good information:

Capital means cash, equipment, inventory, other tangible property, cash equivalents and indebtedness secured by assets owned by the alien entrepreneur, provided that the alien entrepreneur is personally and primarily liable and that the assets of the new commercial enterprise upon which the petition is based are not used to secure any of the indebtedness. All capital shall be valued at fair-market value in United States dollars. Assets acquired, directly or indirectly, by unlawful means (such as criminal activities) shall not be considered capital for the purposes of section 203(b)(5) of the Act.
Note: Investment capital cannot be borrowed

http://eb5info.com/pages/11-the-eb-5-visa

I would read through this article that they have (too long to quote): http://eb5info.com/articles/132-strategies-for-documenting-lawful-source-of-eb-
And of course there is the US Dept of State’s website:

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