1. Form I-129 & "E" Supplement;
2. DS-160 & DS-160E (If applying at a U.S. Consul);
3. Certificate and Articles of Incorporation of U.S. corporation;
4. Minutes of Corporation showing the officers, directors and shareholders;
5. Share Certificates;
6. Proof of Substantial Trade: (a) Canceled checks; (b) Invoices to show purchase of merchandise and fixtures; (c) Copy of closing statement;
7. Lease for the operation of Corporation and Occupational License;
8. Employer's Quarterly Tax and Wage Report, showing the number of employees;
9. Latest Financial Statement and Tax Return, together with statement from the Accountant, certifying as to the approximate percentage of trade between the United States and the Treaty Country
10. Form W-4 for all employees;
11. Passport and I-94;
12. Articles of Incorporation of the Foreign Corporation, or Partnership Documents, or Sole Proprietorship registration;
13. Statement from the Accountant for the Foreign Corporation, listing the officers, directors, and shareholders; together with the number of employees of the Company; and
    
14. Latest Tax Return and Financial Statement for the Foreign Corporation.
    

E-1 Countries

Country Specific Footnotes

1. China (Taiwan) - Pursuant to Section 6 of the Taiwan Relations Act, (TRA) Public Law 96-8, 93 Stat, 14, and Executive Order 12143, 44 F.R. 37191, this agreement which was concluded with the Taiwan authorities prior to January 01, 1979, is administered on a nongovernmental basis by the American Institute in Taiwan, a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation, and constitutes neither recognition of the Taiwan authorities nor the continuation of any official relationship with Taiwan.
   
   
2. Czech Repubilc and Slovak Republic - The Treaty with the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic entered into force on December 19, 1992; entered into force for the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic as separate states on January 01, 1993.
   
   
3. Denmark - The Treaty which entered into force on July 30, 1961, does not apply to Greenland.
   
   
4. France - The Treaty which entered into force on December 21, 1960, applies to the departments of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Reunion.
   
   
5. Japan - The Treaty which entered into force on October 30, 1953, was made applicable to the Bonin Islands on June 26, 1968, and to the Ryukyu Islands on May 15, 1972.
   
   
6. Netherlands - The Treaty which entered into force on December 05, 1957, is applicable to Aruba and Netherlands Antilles.
   
   
7. Norway - The Treaty which entered into force on September 13, 1932, does not apply to Svalbard (Spitzbergen and certain lesser islands).
   
   
8. Spain - The Treaty which entered into force on April 14, 1903, is applicable to all territories.
   
   
9. Suriname - The Treaty with the Netherlands which entered into force December 05, 1957, was made applicable to Suriname on February 10, 1963.
   
   
10. United Kingdom - The Convention which entered into force on July 03, 1815, applies only to British territory in Europe (the British Isles (except the Republic of Ireland), the Channel Islands and Gibraltar) and to "inhabitants" of such territory. This term, as used in the Convention, means "one who resides actually and permanently in a given place, and has his domicile there." Also, in order to qualify for treaty trader or treaty investor status under this treaty, the alien must be a national of the United Kingdom. Individuals having the nationality of members of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom do not qualify for treaty trader or treaty investor status under this treaty.
    
    
11. Yugoslavia - The U.S. view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that the successors that formerly made up the SFRY - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continue to be bound by the treaty in force with the SFRY and the time of dissolution.