Wall Street Journal Story About Immigrant Investors and EB-5

Some familiar names appeared on a Wall Street Journal blog this week. Both Michael Gibson of USAdvisors.org and Greg Siskind of the Siskind Susser law firm discussed the EB-5 visa program with the Journal, outlining their recommendations for financial advisors who are working (or would like to work) with foreign clients. Immigrant Investors, An Underserved [...]

RCI First Pathway Partners Distributes July EB-5 Newsletter

We’d like to take the opportunity to thank RCI First Pathway Partners for keeping us in the loop with their July EB-5 Newsletter. With several upcoming seminars across China, they’re definitely keeping busy. EB5Info.com encourages all regional centers, attorneys, firms, and service providers to add articles and events to the site. Help us keep each [...]

EB-5 Visa Directory To Be Distributed AT AILA Conference, Other Events

Tuesday, June 1st is the last day for regional centers to sign up for the 2010 USAdvisors.org EB-5 Regional Center Directory. The directory will be distributed at this year’s AILA conference, the EB-5 Investors Conference in Boston this August, and a host of additional EB-5 events and seminars. Net profits for the directory will be [...]

Wrap Up Of Midwest Visits On EB-5 Road Trip

See the full EB-5 Visa Road Trip Update at eb5info.com. Before leaving the Midwest for the East Coast leg of its EB-5 visa tour, USAdvisors.org visited the offices of CMB Export/CMB Summit in Moline, IL, the Michigan Regional Center Global Investment Program in Saginaw, and the Cleveland International Fund. Michael and George also stopped by [...]

Permanent Extension of EB-5 Visa Program Sought As Part Of Immigration Legislation

According to a statement from the desk of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), “Senators Reid, Schumer, and Menendez have released a productive framework for the process of drafting comprehensive immigration reform legislation.” Among the many reforms included in the proposal is a permanent extension of the EB-5 Visa program, which Senator Leahy also supports. While perhaps [...]

Delaware County helps company recruit foreign investors to Indiana

Ball State Daily News By Sarah Boswell Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Delaware County public officials are making a push to bring foreign investors to East Central Indiana in hopes it also will create jobs for local workers. Energize East Central Indiana, a Muncie based company, started this initiative to bring more foreign business to [...]

Inc. Magazine: New Start-up Visa Promises: Create Jobs, Get a Green Card

Pending legislation would allow foreign entrepreneurs to stay in the U.S. if backed by angels or VCs — and if they can create jobs. By Courtney Rubin |  Feb 26, 2010, Inc. Magazine Amid reports of the damage brain drain inflicts on the economy, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, Wednesday [...]

Venture Capitalists (VCs) Push StartUp Visa Act: Business Week Article

A group of investors is in Washington to push for passage of a bill that they say would make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs to stay—and create jobs—in the U.S. By Douglas MacMillan During recent travels abroad, Shervin Pishevar says he witnessed flourishing tech communities in places like Russia, Argentina, and Jordan. “There’s a tremendous [...]

National Venture Capital Association Applauds Startup Visa Act of 2010

WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire – 02/25/10) – the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today recognized the StartUpVisa Act of 2010, introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN), as a critical piece of legislation that will foster job creation and economic growth in America. the proposal will grant immigrant entrepreneurs a two year visa if [...]

Why Greece’s problems mean potentially fewer European EB-5 visa immigrant investors

European leaders are meeting today to discuss plans to rescue Greece from a financial free-for-all which threatens to drag other EU countries economies and debt down with it.  Comments in anticipation of help by EU leaders, in particular from Germany, helped the euro rise earlier this week to $1.38 from a 9 month low against the dollar. [...]

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