The employee or the business owner has to meet a certain set of criteria as well in order to qualify for the E-1 category:
1. The applicant and the employer must have the nationality of the same treaty country. This means a German company, for example, can only file E-1 petitions for German citizens.
PLEASE NOTE: It is not necessary for the employee to have been employed at the company for any minimum period of time, as is the case with the L-visa. This is just one of the E-category’s many advantages.