Articles
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Triumphs and tribulations of EB-5 investors’ journeys
EB-5 immigrant investors move across the ocean for a myriad of reasons but the biggest draws might be to live the American dream and enjoy high quality education and career opportunities. Of the visa applicants, Chinese nationals make up over 80 percent.
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Alternative uses of EB-5 investments: funding innovation to build a better America
Trend is on the rise for entrepreneurs and startup companies to seek EB-5 funds for innovative projects.
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The World’s Top International Citizenship-by-Investment Programs
Foreign Investors have more than 30 international immigration investment programs to choose from when considering a move abroad.
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India booming as emerging EB-5 market
The need for quality education, challenges of visa backlogs and a desire to live in United States are driving forces behind India’s increased EB-5 participation.
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How to successfully market an EB-5 project to agents in China
Understanding the secret behind building lasting business relationships.
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Coming in from the cold: prospects and challenges of working with EB-5 investors from Russian-speaking markets
The EB-5 option is gaining momentum in Russia among its high net-worth residents despite cultural and financial challenges.
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The future of the EB-5 Program
For more than two years, the EB-5 program has not been reauthorized for the typical 3-year period as it had been every three years since 1992 when the program was created. Instead, the EB-5 program has been extended along with Continuing Appropriations and Omnibus funding bills, thereby having a new expiration date along with the federal budget at each turn.
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Senator Ted Cruz – a leader with vision for economic growth
Cruz will share his plans as the keynote speaker at the 2017 San Francisco EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention in July, hosted by the Eb5 Investors Magazine.
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Successful Ho Chi Minh EB-5 Delegation focused on growing investment immigration market in Vietnam
More than 400 investment immigration professionals, migration agents and project developers joined EB5 Investors Magazine’s 2nd Annual Ho Chi Minh EB-5 Delegation at the Park Hyatt Saigon in Vietnam in March. The successful event – which featured educational panel discussions, business presentations and network opportunities – attracted 30 percent more participants than its previous year, reflecting the growing number of professionals servicing the exploding investment immigration market in Vietnam.
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Writ of Mandamus lawsuits for EB-5 and other delayed immigration adjudications
When investors should and should not use a lawsuit to speed up a decision of a green card
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EB5 Investors Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 1: Publisher’s Note
The EB-5 program is still going strong despite its 25-year history of roller-coasting its way through congress extensions and legislative proposals. The benefits of the program to the U.S. economy is hard to deny – foreign investment brings economic growth and creates jobs to Americans.
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Do you break the law by requiring workers to present a green card?
Learn who counts as EB-5 direct investment qualifying employees and how to avoid immigration-related employment discrimination.
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TEA reform is critical to long-term reauthorization, so let’s make sure we understand different proposals
As executive director of Invest In the USA (IIUSA), the national trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Program, I have had the honor of leading the industry in government and public affairs through a period of exponential growth since the financial crisis of 2008. Since 2008, demand for EB-5 visas grew over 1,200 percent with over 40,000 immigrant investors contributing well over $20 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States to create jobs.
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Costly mistakes: how inadmissibility can upset your EB-5 plans
Options for investors when a past mistake puts a stop to their immigration dreams.
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Most importantly, the EB-5 submission must be credible
A look at what challenges EB-5 investors and applicants may face when it comes to demonstrating that their filings are credible.
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Redeploying EB-5 investments: finding the opportunity to create a win-win situation
Pros and cons for EB-5 investors when it comes to shifting funds around to new opportunities.
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Huimin “Jenny” Zhan – empowering Chinese investors to go global
Huimin “Jenny” Zhan, CFA, is the president of Good Hope Investment, a subsidiary of Creditease Corporation specializing in investor programs for global residence and citizenship. Before founding Good Hope in 2014, Zhan was chief strategy officer of Ambow Education Holding Ltd. She has also served as senior consultant for several multi-national financial organizations in Asia since 2011.
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2017 Las Vegas EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention attracts historic crowd
EB5 Investors Magazine welcomed more than 1,000 attendees to the Fourth Annual Las Vegas EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention, resulting in the most-attended domestic event in EB-5 industry history.