Under the rule, 100 per cent of a small business must be owned by US citizens or US nationals who live in the United States, ...

The policy, which goes into effect March 1, requires 100% of direct and indirect owners of loan applicants to be U.S.

A new Small Business Administration policy taking effect March 1 will bar businesses with any legal permanent resident ownership from receiving SBA-backed loans, reversing longstanding eligibility rul ...

Starting March 1, the SBA will no longer guarantee loans for small businesses owned by foreign nationals, including green card holders.

Nearly 10% of SBA loan portfolios face immediate disqualification as new rules mandate 100% U.S. citizenship. Starting March ...

The move would bar small businesses with any amount of ownership from green card holders from applying for the agency’s most popular small business loan program.

The Small Business Administration’s revised rules, effective March 1, 2026, restrict SBA-backed loan ownership to US citizens ...

The latest directive, which takes effect in March, allows only U.S. citizens and nationals to seek government-guaranteed ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a policy change that will make businesses with any ownership by ...

US Small Business Administration excludes green card holders from SBA-backed loans starting March 1, 2026. Learn how new ...

From March 1, businesses with any green card holder ownership will lose access to SBA-backed loans, reversing long-standing ...

In a major policy change, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that non-US citizens, including green card ...