Foreign Business Partner to Citizenship?

[Shalimarp3]

Hello Everyone. I am currently in the process of establishing a business in America with my Chinese business partner. We have been doing business together here in China for quite some time now, and we have a new venture we would like to establish in America. I am an American citizen, and he is Chinese. I want to set up the business structure from the beginning in a way that could help him establish citizenship later on down the road if he wants to. I just don't know how to begin. For instance, should we set up a Partnership business structure? Truly that is how our business will operate. I also need to set it up in a way that he will be able to come to America on a Business visa for business meetings we will have with other companies. But as far as I know, business visa's cannot lead to citizenship, only a work visa can. So what, or how, should I do this that can help him with applying for citizenship, later on down the road? Thank you for your help.

[peace999]

EB1( employment based 1) category for immigration.

Eg. One has been running a business in china and then one opens a branch of that business in US. After running that
US branch for one year he can file an immigrant petition for himself under EB1 ( transfer himself as an executive to US).
This is just how large companies send their executives to US to run their branches either temporarily ( L1 visa) or permanently on a green card ( EB1).
It works the same way for small businesses.

This is a very quick way to get a green card as this category is current for all countries. (There is no visa wait).
But it requires meticulous planning and a top notch immigration attorney right at the start when you open a US branch.
For the first year running of US business , he won't be allowed to do it on a B1 visa , so he can show you as a partner or an employee.
The immigration attorney can tell you how to structure this right at the beginning.