Effective March 12, 2018, the US Embassy in Paris terminated the
"Golden Arrow" program. The Golden Arrow program
was created as a way to expedite the E-2 visa process for critical
employees of qualifying, pre-approved French-owned corporations.
Typically, these companies are large companies with an established
and significant presence in both France and the United States.
Through the Golden Arrow program, these companies were able to
quickly schedule and obtain E-2 visas for executive, managerial and
essential skills positions in the United States, as the program
allowed the application to bypass company's lengthy review
process and focus only on the employee.
The Embassy justified the move by stating that the program
"did not significantly decrease processing times for
applicants." However, in the experience of Green and Spiegel,
the Golden Arrow significantly reduced processing time for
employees of Golden Arrow companies. Further, without a
program like the
