“Troubled Development Company” to Use EB-5 Visa Program for California Project

From the SGV Tribune in Southern California: Chinese developer visits El Monte with money in hand by Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer EL MONTE – A Chinese developer who has staked a claim in the long-awaited El Monte Transit Village, over objections from city officials, visited El Monte for the first time Monday and handed out [...]

New Immigrant Investor Program For Canada

CANADA RE-OPENS IMMIGRANT INVESTOR PROGRAM Effective December 1, 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will once again accept applications under the federal Immigrant Investor Program. Under the new program criteria, investor applicants will need to have a personal net worth of $1.6 million, up from $800,000 under the old criteria, and make an investment of $800,000, [...]

Warning Issued by Chinese Government to EB-5 Investors

As many EB-5 practitioners are already aware, the Chinese government has issued warnings to potential EB-5 investors about risks associated with the program. The following document is an English translation from the Chinese-language news site, SINA net: China Public Security Bureau Points Out Huge Risk of US EB-5 Projects Recently, at a meeting of “Exit [...]

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Thanks to everyone already keeping up with EB5 News on Facebook! It just so happens that EB5info.com now has its own Facebook page where you’ll be able to keep up with the latest updates and original articles from attorneys and regional centers. Click here to “Like” EB5info on Facebook! EB5info.com is the source for news, [...]

New EB5 Regional Center Profiled In Interview

A story on EB5info.com profiles the newly-approved Colorado Regional Center. Thanks to Chet Schwartz for allowing the interview! Read it here: Colorado EB5 Visa Projects “Sensible Development Deals” Says Principal

Beaver Wood Energy LLC Hoping for EB-5 Investment Funds

From North Adams Transcript in Massachusetts: Pellet plant exploring visa program: By Neal P. Goswam New England Newspapers POWNAL, Vt. — A proposed $500 million wood-pellet manufacturing facility and biomass plant at the former Green Mountain Race Track site might use a federal program that provides foreigners with green cards in exchange for capital investment. [...]

EB5 Regional Center Profiled by Salt Lake City Newspaper

From the Salt Lake Tribune by Mike Gorrell Utah company looks to secure foreign investments with visa lure: Veteran political adviser Stephen Studdert is a leading figure in an Orem-based company that has received federal approval to help foreign entrepreneurs invest in Utah businesses in exchange for work visas and, eventually, U.S. citizenship. Mountain States [...]

“Mountain States” Utah’s First EB5 Visa Regional Center

Utah’s new Mountain States Regional Center just got some coverage in a Salt Lake City newspaper. This from Deseret News: Orem is landing a center for foreigners’ investments OREM — Utah’s recession-hobbled economy may soon get millions of dollars for job creation from an unlikely source: wealthy foreigners who seek U.S. citizenship in exchange for [...]

Colorado Regional Center Launches Website

The new Colorado Regional Center just notified email subscribers of the launch of its website. Thanks goes out to all regional centers that are keeping us up-to-date with regular newsletters! Here is the text of the announcement: Colorado Regional Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waveland Ventures, LLC is pleased to announce that our new [...]

New CanAm Enterprises EB5 Visa Initiative

This from PressRepublican.com: Chamber submits EB-5 visa program application by Dan Heath PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce has submitted an application to create the North Country EB-5 Regional Center. Chamber President Garry Douglas said the application was delivered to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Aug. 9. The EB-5 program allows qualified [...]

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