DHS Issues New Investment Thresholds for Foreign Entrepreneurs

Participants in the international entrepreneur program will have new threshold minimums to meet for qualification starting Oct 1.

The Department of Homeland Security released a final rule Friday updating 2017 rules that established the program, which provides entrepreneurs a path to come to the U.S. using parole in lieu of visas. Those rules called for the investment thresholds to update every three years to align with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

Beginning in fiscal 2022, which starts on the first day of next month, an applicant may be considered for initial parole if he or she demonstrates ...