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Eli Kantor is a labor, employment and immigration law attorney. He has been practicing labor, employment and immigration law for more than 36 years. He has been featured in articles about labor, employment and immigration law in the L.A. Times, Business Week.com and Daily Variety. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Journal. Telephone (310)274-8216; eli@elikantorlaw.com. For more information, visit beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com and and beverlyhillsemploymentlaw.com

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Kerry, Lugar Re-Start Start-Up Visa

Wall Street Journal BLOG: Sens. John Kerry (D., Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R., Ind.) this week reintroduced a bill that seeks to ease immigration for foreign entrepreneurs with added provisions for some current visa holders and foreign business owners with a U.S. market presence. The so-called StartUp Visa Act – which we reported on in December, here — would provide a two-year visa to immigrant business owners who raise an initial $100,000 from a U.S. investor and $500,000 over the next two years, while creating five new jobs. Despite broad support, an earlier version of the bill failed to reach a vote before the end of the legislative session last year. The new bill would also extend a visa to immigrant entrepreneurs currently on an employer-sponsored H-1B visa, as well as those with businesses based overseas that have generated $100,000 in U.S. market sales.’

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