3.0.0 3510 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z Senate S 2016-12-06 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-12-06T23:00:26Z 2016-12-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N Immigration Immigration 00 2016-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-18T15:28:13Z Attracting and Retaining Entrepreneurs Act

This bill: (1) amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a three-year nonimmigrant entrepreneur W-visa for an alien meeting specified investment, or job creation and revenue, requirements; and (2) establishes a $1,000 visa fee.

Additional three-year periods of admission are allowed if the individual meets specified job creation and revenue or investment requirements. An individual who has not met such admission renewal requirements may be granted up to two one-year renewals if: (1) he or she has made substantial progress in meeting such criteria, and (2) such renewal is economically beneficial to the United States.

The bill establishes an employment-based entrepreneur immigrant visa for an individual who: (1) has a significant ownership interest in a U.S. business entity, (2) is employed in a senior executive position at such entity, (3) submits a business plan to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and (4) had a substantial role in the founding or early-stage growth and development of such entity.

The bill sets forth visa criteria, which shall include qualifying: (1) nonimmigrant U.S. residency, (2) job creation, (3) investment and revenue amounts, (4) education levels, and (5) ownership in a U.S. entity.

Up to 10,000 entrepreneur immigrant visas shall be made available each fiscal year.

]]> Attracting and Retaining Entrepreneurs Act Display Title Attracting and Retaining Entrepreneurs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate the creation of American jobs by immigrant entrepreneurs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Attracting and Retaining Entrepreneurs Act Introduced in Senate 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3510is/xml/BILLS-114s3510is.xml 2016-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.