On December 15, 2022, Congress passed the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which,
among other things, requires that foreign nationals who obtain
citizenship in a country based on investment must reside in that
country for no less than 3 years before using that nationality to
seek an E2 investor visa to reside in the United States.
This is an important change, as nationals of foreign countries
without an E2 treaty with the United States have not previously had
to reside in a country in which they obtained citizenship through
investment before using that citizenship to apply for E2 investor
visas.
Countries like Grenada offer foreigners who do not have
nationality in a country with an E2 treaty with the United States
the opportunity to obtain nationality based on investment and
immediately qualify for E2 visa applications based on that
nationality.
