Migration to the USA

International entrepreneurs find migration to USA straightforward thanks to Healy Consultants' comprehensive relocation services. Our services related to USA migration include:

Assistance obtaining U.S. employment and residence visas from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. To assist migration to the USA, Healy Consultants helps entrepreneurs and their families of all nationalities obtain permits allowing them to live and work in the USA, following U.S. company formation. Healy Consultants' fee to assist our client obtain a USA work permit after company formation is US$4,950.

Examples of USA visas available to international entrepreneurs and business people include:

(i) The H-1B or “Specialty Worker” visa: This type of visa is available for a United States company that wishes to directly employ a foreign individual for a temporary period (initially 3 years) in a professional occupation.

(ii) The L-1 visa: This visa is available for multinational companies seeking to transfer high-level and essential employees from overseas to provide services in a similar capacity to a subsidiary, affiliate, branch or parent company in the United States.

(iii) EB1-3 or Priority Worker Visa for Foreign Managers and Executives: This visa is available to individuals who have been employed with a company abroad in a managerial or executive capacity for at least one year within the last three years, and who seek to work for a related United States parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an overseas employer in a managerial or executive capacity.

(iv) EB-5 Visa for Employment Creation Foreign Nationals: The two main requirements for obtaining an EB-5 employment based visa are:

1. The foreign national must invest a minimum of USD$1 million into a new United States business (or $500,000 in a targeted employment area).

2. The foreign national must guarantee to provide full-time employment to at least 10 qualified United States workers (not including the applicant, his/her spouse, his/her children or any non-immigrant workers). For more information about visas in the USA, please refer to this website.

To support the visa application, Healy Consultants prepares a comprehensive business plan detailing our client's proposed business activities in the USA, a market analysis with financial projections, and a convincing outline of reasons for migration to the USA.

Healy Consultants offers personalised orientation programmes for international entrepreneurs planning migration to the USA. Typical programmes include introductions to banks to open personal bank accounts, visits to key points of business interest in the neighbouring countries around the USA, as well as tours of commercial and residential property (see also point 5 below), international schools (see also point 6 below), social clubs and recreational facilities. In summary, Healy Consultants offers a one-stop service for migration to the USA.

Prior to, or following, migration to the USA, Healy Consultants guides clients through all aspects of renting or buying property in the USA, in locations such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and Philadelphia. We arrange property viewings according to client specifications and budget, provide assistance with drafting lease agreements, and arranging connection of utilities. Furthermore, Healy Consultants provides introductions in the USA with international banks (such as in Singapore) to obtain property financing.

Prior to, or following, migration to the USA, Healy Consultants assists clients to find suitable schools in the USA for their children. Examples of assistance provided includes providing information on international school fees, waiting lists and curricula.

Prior to, or following, migration to the USA, some international entrepreneurs request tailored cross-cultural training programmes covering the USA business etiquette and protocols, as well as Spanish language courses. Some clients request advice on communication, conflict management and negotiation, and sales and marketing techniques in the USA. Our firm can facilitate these types of services for our client following USA migration with company incorporation.