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You did not say which one of you is a U.S. citizen. Considering that your fiance is still here after all his convictions, it seems a safe bet that he is an American. If so, his convictions do not matter: they do not disqualify him as a petitioner for his wife. If, however, you are a U.S. citizen, and your fiance is an alien who was not deported after serving his sentence, the situation is different. After you marry him, you can petition for his visa, but it will serve no purpose because his criminal record makes him inadmissible to the U.S. (which means that he cannot enter the country on any visa and cannot become a permanent resident here).

Your best path to the green card of the three choices that you present is probably of going through a company on an H-1B and perhaps later being sponsored for PERM labor certification, I-140, and either adjustment of status or consular processing for an immigrant visa. Small startup businesses by friends more times than not have problems meeting immigration standards for green card sponsorship. Investment may lead to a nonimmigrant visa (E-2) if your country of nationality has a treaty of navigation and commerce with the US. However, a smaller size investment does not normally lead to a green card. Investment green cards are through the EB-5 program which currently has investment levels of $1 million or $500,000 in areas of high unemployment or away from the cities. (I note that EB-5 regional centers have in many cases done away with the two conditions on the $500,000 investment by gerrymandering the project areas in way to even have investments in affluent parts of cities). Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.