EB-5 Draws Latin American Investors

The Miami Herald reports that Miami is drawing significant interest from investors in Latin America who wish to invest in the EB5 Visa Program. For Latin America’s wealthy elite, investment can buy U.S. residency BY MELISSA SANCHEZ AND ALFONSO CHARDY Every few months, Miami attorney Marisa Casablanca flies to South America to meet with wealthy [...]

Judge Places Victorville Case on Hold

The Victorville Daily Press reports that the city’s lawsuit against the federal government is currently on hold, as the city waits to hear from USCIS Appeals Court regarding the reinstatement of its regional center. Victorville’s suit against Feds on hold City expects decision on appeal of EB-5 termination Dec. 2 November 07, 2011 7:23 PM [...]

Act Proposes More Access to Foreign Investor Visas

According to CNN Money, the Kauffman Foundation is pushing for an increase in the number of foreign investor visas, such as the EB5 visa, in light of high unemployment and a decline in the number of U.S. startup companies. Need jobs? Bring in the foreign entrepreneurs! By Catherine Clifford NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Giving more foreign [...]

Chinese Favoring Foreign Investments

Forbes magazine’s Gordon G. Chang reports that almost 60 percent of China’s wealthy investors are choosing to leave the motherland in favor of investment opportunities on foreign soil. Chinese Entrepreneurs Are Leaving China China’s rich, primarily driven by a sense of insecurity, are taking money out of their country. Many are actually preparing to move [...]

Newer Investments Offer No Guarantee of Residency

Once again, an article in the Wall Street Journal has noted the rapidly growing number of EB-5 regional centers. USAdvisors.org Managing Director Michael Gibson, interviewed in the article, describes how despite the increase in EB-5 funded developments, there has also been an increase in the number of denials for permanent residency. Program Gives Investors Chance [...]

Michael Bloomberg Calls Attention to Entrepreneur Visa in Op-Ed

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls on legislators to create a visa for foreign-born entrepreneurs. This comes after Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lugar (R-IN) re-introduced the Startup Visa Act earlier this year. A New Immigration Consensus A bipartisan coalition of business leaders and mayors have joined together to make [...]

Foreign Investor Funding Approved for Milwaukee Project

According to an article from the Journal Sentinal, USCIS has approved the first of 30 Chinese citizens who are each to provide equity capital funding for the development of a hotel and restaurant, formerly Pabst brewery, in Milwaukee, WI. Approval comes after more than 6 months of waiting and developers are optimistic that the other 29 [...]

Yahoo Finance Publishes Opinion Piece on EB-5 Program

From Yahoo Finance this week: Citizenship for Sale? by Daniel Gross, Yahoo Finance Every day investors around the world choose to put their hard-earned cash into the U.S. Billions of dollars flow in the form of foreign direct investment, as when a group of Brazilians bought Burger King, and foreigners purchase hundreds of billions of [...]

Dairy Exports and the EB5 Immigrant Investor Program

A new article provides an “EB5 visa” context for a recent NPR story on waning global demand for U.S. dairy exports. Dairy, after all, is one of the more popular investments for those seeking a green card through the EB5 program. The article, added yesterday to EB5info.com, includes an excerpt from NPR’s interview with the [...]

China Business News Article About the EB-5 Visa Program

This from China Business News last Friday: The American dream of the Chinese rich For many of China’s wealthy, investing $500,000 in a US government program is the best way to obtain a green card – for them or their children. Duan Yan reports from Beijing. Yvonne Liu, 22, wanted to stay in the United [...]

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