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The Startup Visa was a proposed amendment to the U.S. immigration law to create a visa category for foreign entrepreneurs who have raised capital from qualified American investors. It aims at addressing the absence of a visa category for entrepreneurs raising outside funding. It is currently denominated in congress as the Startup Visa Act of 2011, as introduced on March 14, 2011. The Startup Visa Act had bi-partisan support but was not passed into law. The Startup Visa would have been a temporary immigrant visa, or conditional permanent resident visa (conditional green card) which converts to a permanent residency (green card) after two years if certain conditions are met. The prospective Startup Visa is classified as an "Employment Based" visa. == Background == Foreign entrepreneurs who find themselves wanting to start a company in the United States are faced with no or limited visa options. 〔 'Promising Progress for Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Start-ups,'()〕 The few visas offering residency and thus a path to citizenship applicable to entrepreneurs are visa categories such as the EB-1 visa, or the EB-5 visa, which were not designed for entrepreneurs in particular, and can only apply to an extremely limited number of entrepreneurs. Employment-based visas such as the EB-2 visa are not viable options for entrepreneurs and can be denied on the ground of the applicant owning significant stake in the sponsor company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Startup Visa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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