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StartUp Visa Act of 2011

Introduced: March 14, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 14, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

StartUp Visa Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor, government entity, or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.

What's happening now March 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1114 Identical bill StartUp Visa Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 10, 2012
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · May 18, 2011
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Apr 8, 2011
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 15, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 565: StartUp Visa Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-565/
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"S. 565: StartUp Visa Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-565/.
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S. 565, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-565/.
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