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August 26th, 2009 |
Sometimes the simplest and most obvious of questions can have implications that are just not obvious to potential EB-5 greencard applicants.
For example when we are asked the question “When was a particular EB-5 Regional Center established?” the answer at first sight may be straightforward – so let’s say the regional center was established in 2005. From this the potential applicant may assume the following:-
• The center has had a number of I-526 (Conditional Green Card) approvals.
• The center has had a number of I–829 (Removal of conditions) approvals.
• The center may be about to return early investors capital.
However, there is a point that all too often is forgotten – Past performance is no guarantee of future success.
The U.S.A, and indeed the world, have been through some tough economic times over the past couple of years and some of the established programs, despite their track record, may possibly be more speculative than originally planned in light of the economic downturn, whereas some of the less proven programs, perhaps with lower rates of return on investment, may be worth considering in the light of the new economic order.
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August 25th, 2009 |
Foreign national are finding themselves increasingly affected by Department of Labor regulations requiring employers to pay labor certification fees and costs. An increasing number of employers cannot or will not pay legal fees and advertising costs for a labor certification application on behalf of a foreign national employee. There is of course the additional hurdle even after obtaining labor certification of quotas and waiting times. Given these difficulties it is hardly surprising that this group of foreign nationals who could previously obtain permanent residence based upon employer sponsorship is now deciding they need another option and are turning to the EB-5 investment visa as the route to green card status.
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
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August 24th, 2009 |
All over the world there are people who want to live in the USA but despite their qualifications find that they are unable to obtain business sponsorship as they are not able to obtain labor certification. As Anthony Olson, a specialist Immigration Attorney recently explained, labor certification is dependent on the sponsoring employer not finding a qualified, willing, able, and available worker in the local job market. In the current market there are many well-qualified people out there looking for jobs in most places around the country thus labor certification is not looking very promising as a vehicle to permanent residence at the moment. This could well be one of the reasons for the growing popularity of the US EB-5 investor green card.
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
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August 21st, 2009 |
As consumer advocates for the EB-5 regional center program, we regularly monitor the inner workings of programs approved by USCIS.
We have constantly said that the programs are very different and there are some well proven options for those looking to invest $500,000 in return for a visa providing green cards for your family in a relatively quick time (currently about three months).
We have also said on several occasions that there are programs being marketed to the public which require detailed due diligence before making a decision that could both jeopardize your visa and your investment. It is so important that visa investors are aware of information that may have a bearing on their decision.
There have been important press reports that would not have been seen by the average investor unless they monitored all trade journals and little known local newspapers.
Here is just one example that appeared in one local newspaper:-
“To help get it’s ….. plant under construction, the city is waiting for foreign families willing to loan millions of dollars in exchange for visas under the federal EB-5 program. If this wait sounds familiar, it’s because the city was doing the same thing last summer — long before news of employee layoffs or contracts that threatened to throw the city into bankruptcy. Now the city has placed responsibility for raising the program’s first $25 million in the hands of ……which has never overseen investments through an EB-5 program.”
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
For detailed information contact Which EB5
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August 20th, 2009 |
We are often approached by journals, magazines and newspapers asking for our views on the EB-5 regional center program from a consumer perspective and the implications of so many regional centers being approved by USCIS to offer the program.
Increasing choice has to be generally seen as a good thing however we do have a number of reservations given that from the immigrant investors perspective so much hangs on selecting the most appropriate center.
Many investors are looking to three fairly obvious and basic requirements – they want to be successful in obtaining the visa, they want conditions removed after twenty one to twenty four months and they would like their investment to perform well and at least get the $500,000 back in a reasonable time.
We remain concerned however that so much choice can have a flip side – how do clients possibly research over 60 centers and how do they know what to look for – relying on the marketing/sales blurb is in itself just not enough.
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Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
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August 19th, 2009 |
A number of people that considered applying for the Canadian immigrant investor visa program had not realized that the USA has operated a similar program.
The Canadian program requires a $400,000 Canadian Dollar investment for a five year period as a no interest loan to the government. The U.S. EB5 program requires a $500,000 US dollar investment in a wide range of government approved regional centers.
The Canadian program requires that the investor has qualifying business experience and satisfies a points system, the US program does not have these restrictions.
The Canadian program guarantees the loan but offers no interest or chance of capital growth over a period of five years and two months – the U.S. EB-5 program is not guaranteed but offers approximately 60 USCIS approved regional centers covering a wide variety of business structures, including loans to quasi-government infrastructure projects, vacation resorts, property investments etc and offers a variety of interest payments and/or potential capital growth.
There are no restrictions as to where you can live in the U.S. so whether your choice is California, Hawaii, Florida, New York or indeed anywhere else, the U.S. EB5 immigrant investor option enables you to work, retire or study there.
The EB-5 Investor Green Card regional center visa program is an excellent way to quickly become a permanent resident of the United States. Which EB5 researches all regional centers; you make the same investment plus get all the independent advice of Which EB-5 at no cost to you. Contact us now for complete information.
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August 13th, 2009 |
The situation is understandable. You are looking into the various regional center investment options for the EB-5 program and are spending days, week’s maybe even months searching the Internet in an attempt to find information on the relative advantages, or just as importantly, disadvantages of the ever growing number of regional centers.
A number of the most experienced EB-5 attorney firms do not provide comparative information on regional centers. Instead they focus on the legal aspects of immigration using the EB-5 visa.
So, you continue to search for useful information; such as how many successful applicants has each center processed? However, how helpful is that statistic? For example, if a program has a high number of non-English speaking applicants referred to them via an overseas agency, what are the implications of that statistic that are not readily apparent from the bare facts?
When a site quotes comparative statistics; how up to date and accurate are those statistics? And how meaningful?
The US economy is still undergoing massive changes and regional center programs that were popular a couple of years ago, at a time of significant returns on investment, may require other important considerations in the light of a more conservative approach towards investment.
Another factor that is not readily apparent from the web; how are programs actually performing once fully subscribed? Have buildings been constructed, have jobs been created, what issues have come to the surface and have investors had their investment money returned?
As you can see, many more questions than answers are apparent.
If you are looking into regional center options for the EB5 you can find lots more information at: WhichEB5.com or contact the writers of this blog at www.WhichEB5.com/contact_us.php
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August 12th, 2009 |
At the Senate Judiciary Committee.hearing last month, Robert Kruszka, deputy chief of service center operations at the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services, said that approximately $ 1 billion has been invested in the U.S. economy through the EB-5 immigrant investor program since Oct. 1, 2006.
Kruszka added that several steps have been taken to improve the EB-5 program.
A year ago it took USCIS an average of 14 months to process a regional center proposal, the processing now takes about four months, Kruszka said. The average processing time for an individual EB-5 visa petition previously took seven months, but now takes about four months, he said.
We have had a number of applicants who have had green card status within three months of investing in regional centers, this is across a number of regional centers. Chat with us about your plans to immigrate to the USA using the live chat feature throughout this website.
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August 6th, 2009 |
More families are now opting for the EB-5 immigrant investor visa as one of the most effective method of obtaining their greencard and relocating permanently to the USA.
With ever increasing numbers of EB5 regional centers being approved by the USCIS to offer these programs it makes it all the more necessary that potential EB-5 investors work with a number of different specialists to look, in detail, at the implications and ramifications of choosing the right investment visa for you. Many families realize the importance of obtaining impartial advice to guide them through the marketing and disclosure material issued by the regional centers and their agents.
Some families look to immigration attorneys for advice on the positive and negative points of the programs. Interestingly enough two of the largest Attorney groups in the USA who specialize in the EB-5 visa (these attorney groups are recognized as leaders in their field, have given expert evidence to the US government, and written books on the subject) will not advise clients in their choice of specific regional center programs. In fact both of these attorney groups have referred clients to Which EB5 to advise them on the positives and negatives of their choice of regional center program.
A number of families also seek independent advice from accountants familiar with overseas tax implications. Accountants familiar with EB-5 programs are rare, a point we were discussing at a meeting yesterday with just such an accountant. This particular accountant reviews programs for our clients who are investigating the reality of the regional centers financial projections and exit strategies.
The sheer number of the regional centers now available to you requires specialist guidance through the actual track record and success of their programs and specialist legal and accountancy expertise to identify the reality of center exit strategies and the likely safe return of your investment.
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get our independent opinion at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain green cards. The experts at Which EB5 are available to help you - click on this link.
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August 4th, 2009 |
I have just enjoyed another nine hour flight across the Atlantic after undertaking several relocation briefings in Europe. It seems that whatever the troubles are in the world there are still many of you who for a number of reasons want to emigrate to the USA, however sometimes that’s where problems can start.
On the flight over I was talking to the passenger next to me, who hearing what I do relayed his experiences of the immigration process, some of his problems seemed more turbulent than the bumpy patches we kept hitting during the flight!
He had embarked on the treadmill of immigration to the States several years before beginning with an investment of over $300,000 in a business to obtain an L1 visa which had been granted for one year. However he had found it difficult to maintain his business in his home country while developing his new business in America; he had been advised by his Attorney to then apply for an E2 visa. This was successful and he was granted a visa for three years however the full implications of the E2 visa not providing permanent residence had not registered with him.
As we were talking he mentioned that his eldest child was just finishing High School and about to enter University in the States, he had found out that she would not qualify for lower fees that residence status would have provided and additionally she may well have to return to her country of birth after graduation, as after 21 she would no longer be covered by his E2 status.
Apparently he had never been advised about the EB-5 program or the financial implications of not having permanent residence status - when adding up all his costs to date comprising several sets of attorney fees, the business investment in the USA, higher property taxes, higher College fees for his children and after all that the children having to return to their country of birth, it seemed an expensive oversight.
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Tags: attorney, E2, eb-5, emigrate, green cards, Immigration, L1, permanent residence, regional centers, USA, visa, Which EB-5
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