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If you are setting up a business for operations, meeting potential partners, attending events or doing market research, you should be fine. As long as you are n
by shafyy 9y ago
If you are setting up a business for operations, meeting potential partners, attending events or doing market research, you should be fine. As long as you are not employed by your own company. That's the whole point of the B1 visa. Am I right, Peter? :P
- shafyy 9y agoTo the person who downvoted this. Why?
- bdamm 9y agoYou're replying as if you are Peter, but you are not. And to make matters worse, I'm pretty sure you are wrong. This is not the point of a B1 visa. A B1 visa is about temporarily doing business in the US such as negotiating contracts, not using the visa to set up a business.
- proberts 9y agoThere's an exception of sorts: if a B-1 visitor is coming to the U.S.to set up a business in anticipation of applying for an E-1 or E-2 visa, then this is permissible.
- shafyy 9y agoNo I'm not. I'm replying as myself who is actually on a B1 visa setting up a business to get in order to get an E-2 later on. That is perfectly legal. FYI, you can set up a US business without setting foot in the country.