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Immigration Law

Immigration for Entrepreneurs: Perspectives, Challenges and Solutions

The Legal Intelligencer

March 20, 2013

The Kauffman Foundation, an authoritative source for research on entrepreneurship, recently released a report on the employment impact of a so-called startup visa. Based on extensive research and analysis, the foundation conservatively estimates that a startup visa could create between 500,000 and 1.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years. The report coincides with a renewed legislative push, as well as increased recognition by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (or USCIS, the agency charged with administering immigration benefits), of the issues faced by prospective and current immigrants who seek to start entrepreneurial ventures in the United States.

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