Iniciando una franquicia para exenciones de interés nacional EB-2
Kyle Huffman • September 1, 2022
Por qué la franquicia de su negocio puede aumentar sus posibilidades de éxito al solicitar una Exención de Interés Nacional.
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La exención de interés nacional es una solicitud de inmigración compleja basada en el empleo con muchos beneficios. Uno de los beneficios clave de la exención de interés nacional es que una aprobación en este tipo de caso puede conducir directamente a una tarjeta verde (Green Card o Tarjeta de residente permanente). Para presentar una solicitud de Exención por Interés Nacional, uno debe tener un emprendimiento propuesto subyacente a la solicitud, y el solicitante debe poder demostrar que el emprendimiento propuesto tendrá tanto mérito sustancial como importancia nacional para los Estados Unidos en caso de ser aprobado. Este artículo resume por qué otorgar una franquicia a su empresa como el emprendimiento propuesto puede ayudar a mostrar el mérito sustancial y la importancia nacional del emprendimiento propuesto.
¿Qué es una franquicia?
Una franquicia es un acuerdo comercial en el que la organización (el franquiciador) vende una licencia a un inversionista para usar la marca en particular. Subway, McDonald's y 7-Eleven son ejemplos comunes de negocios de franquicia. El franquiciador normalmente tiene una cantidad significativa de control sobre el inversor (también conocido como el franquiciado). El franquiciado puede beneficiarse del reconocimiento de la marca de su franquicia, así como de las políticas y procedimientos, los esfuerzos de marketing y las cadenas de suministro y distribución establecidas por el franquiciador.
Ventajas de crear una franquicia para el EB-2 Exención de Interés Nacional.
Cada solicitud de exención de interés nacional requiere que el solicitante tenga un " emprendimiento propuesto" subyacente a su solicitud. Para muchos, iniciar una nueva empresa en los Estados Unidos es un excelente emprendimiento propuesto para basar la solicitud de Exención de Interés Nacional. Al solicitar una exención por interés nacional, una de las categorías de evidencia requeridas que el solicitante debe probar es si el emprendimiento propuesto tiene mérito sustancial e importancia nacional. USCIS analizará una serie de factores al decidir si un emprendimiento propuesto tiene importancia nacional, pero dos de los factores más importantes que analizan son:
- Si el emprendimiento propuesto tiene un potencial significativo para emplear trabajadores estadounidenses, tanto directa como indirectamente.
- La probabilidad de que el emprendimiento propuesto tenga efectos económicos positivos sustanciales, particularmente en áreas económicamente deprimidas.
Franquiciar su negocio puede tener beneficios claros que ayuden a mostrar por qué el emprendimiento propuesto aumentará significativamente la creación de empleo, además de crear efectos económicos positivos sustanciales.
Para mostrar el importante potencial de creación de empleo para los trabajadores estadounidenses, organizar el negocio como una franquicia tiene implicaciones claras sobre el potencial de creación de empleo. Para el franquiciador, será necesario que se creen algunos puestos de trabajo directos. Estos trabajos pueden incluir trabajos que son comunes a muchas empresas, incluido el personal de recepción, recursos humanos, profesionales de ventas y cualquier otro puesto necesario para ejecutar la operación. Pero el verdadero potencial para resaltar la creación de empleo proviene del empleo indirecto creado por una franquicia. Por ejemplo, si la franquicia es un restaurante u otro establecimiento de servicio de alimentos, cada franquiciado que abra su propia tienda deberá contratar a su propio personal para administrar el negocio. Eso significa que será necesario contratar cajeros, servidores, cocineros y más en cada ubicación de franquicia que se abra. Si se necesitan de 5 a 10 empleados para operar una sola ubicación de franquicia, entonces solo 10 franquicias crearán entre 50 y 100 puestos de trabajo para los trabajadores estadounidenses, lo que demuestra el enorme potencial de creación de empleo que proviene de las franquicias.
Además, las franquicias se pueden abrir en ciudades de los Estados Unidos, lo que aumenta el alcance nacional del emprendimiento propuesto y, al mismo tiempo, aumenta la probabilidad de que una pequeña empresa económicamente beneficiosa (el franquiciado) se abra en un área económicamente deprimida de los Estados Unidos. Al organizar el negocio como una franquicia, no solo abre las puertas a muchas personas que esperan invertir para abrir su propio negocio, sino que crea el potencial para la creación de pequeñas empresas en todo el país.
Si usted es propietario de un negocio, o está buscando convertirse en propietario de un negocio, y utiliza ese negocio como el emprendimiento propuesto subyacente a su solicitud EB-2 exención de interés nacional, considere la posibilidad de franquiciar su negocio para mejorar sus posibilidades de éxito.
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