Articles
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Immigration Planning from the Children’s Perspective—Case Studies
How do EB-5 and EB-1C differ? Read case studies to see which factors favor one visa program over another.
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Real Estate and Diversifying Your Assets With Foreign Investment
Choosing an investment in the EB-5 program can be a challenge. Here’s a guide highlighting strong industry sectors in the United States and how ever-popular investments in U.S. real estate are brought about to help grow and strengthen investment portfolios.
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How to Sleep Soundly and Avoid Bribes: Mitigating Chinese and American Corruption Risk in the Context of EB-5
Learn best practices to reduce risk of violating the U.S. Foreign Corruption Practices Act or China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law and criminal law.
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The Realities and Implications of Chinese EB-5 Investors’ Wait for Visa Numbers
Author Robert Divine discusses the implications of Chinese EB-5 investors waiting six or more years for a visa number to enter the United States.
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Financial Reporting to EB-5 Investors
Sophisticated EB-5 investors are beginning to demand more frequent financial reporting by project developers to monitor the health of their investment.
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Model-Derived Jobs: The Undervalued Side of EB-5
Many people outside of the EB-5 industry misunderstand the use of model-derived jobs in the EB-5 context. Author Kim Atteberry discusses how the models are useful and gives examples of how commonly-used formulas can determine job creation for a project.
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Diversifying and Growing with your Investors – How Private Equity Real Estate Complements EB-5
How Private Equity Real Estate funds fit in the EB-5 program in light of proposed legislative changes.
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How do the SEC Enforcement Actions Against Persons Receiving Finders Fees for EB-5 Investments Affect Chinese Marketing Agents?
How have recent settlement orders imposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inform best practices for Chinese marketing agents?
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To the EB-5 Community: the One-Year Extension
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nevada) discuss potential changes to the EB-5 program in the upcoming years in this letter to the EB-5 community.
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Things You Don’t Often Hear About EB-5
The authors cover topics not commonly covered with clients in the adjudication process.
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Regional Center Compliance Conundrum
Author Osvaldo Torres discusses which proposed reforms to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program are needed, and which are overzealous despite some publicized fraud int he program.
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EB-5 Investor Due Diligence
Due diligence is critical to helping investors make sure the project they choose will ultimately lead to them obtaining a permanent Green Card and get their money back. For EB-5 immigration, there are three types of due diligence: the investor’s due diligence on the EB-5 project; the investor’s immigration due diligence; and the investor’s due diligence of the regional center itself.