The United States of American attract dozens of Romanian entrepreneurs every year, who open businesses on the American market in varied areas such as IT, tourism, human resources or the food industry. According to "Bocancea", last year 29 Romanian businesspeople became the owners of US-based businesses, after 19 had taken the same step last year, more of them than in 2009, when only 11 investors received visas.
"For entrepreneurs all over the world, America is still a kind of < El Dorado >, due to the very good taxation rate available in certain states, the friendly business environment, as well due to the huge market and the high purchasing power, despite the problems caused by the last few years of crisis", said Ruslan Bocancea, lawyer specializing in US immigration and visas, and managing partner at "Bocancea Law Firm".
However, Romanians are way behind the entrepreneurs in other European countries when it comes to the number of E-2 investor visas received. German businesspeople get over 3,000 investment visas from the US annually, French businesspeople get over 2,000, while Italians get about 1,000 every year.
"The US offer many benefits to foreign investors, and the most important is the possibility to live in the United States for a long period of time, the right to work, the possibility to emigrate with the entire family, the possibility to retire, and so on", Ruslan Bocancea also said.
According to the lawyer specializing in US immigrations, any business project that wants to be successful needs a minimum investment ranging from 100,000 and 150,000 dollars and a good business plan for five years ahead.
Mr. Bocancea said: "Any entrepreneur can start a business from scratch in the United States, even if they've never owned a business in the past in Romania or in any other country. All they need is a business plan and the funds n
