If someone wishes to invest directly into a running 100 bed hotel, will he be entitled to indirect and/or induced job creation? When can a direct EB-5 project utilize indirect or induced job creation?
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Salvatore Picataggio
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyOnly projects affiliated with regional centers can take advantage of indirect or induced job creation. We assist projects with finding regional center sponsorship for this exact reason.
A Olusanjo Omoniyi
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIt is not allowed. Indirectly created jobs cannot be counted in a direct investment.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIf the project is affiliated with a regional center, then they can use indirect and/or induced job creation methodologies.
Vaughan de Kirby
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIndirect job creation is only available to the regional center model.
Irina A. Rostova
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe only way to utilize indirect/induced jobs is if the project is sponsored by a regional center.
Jinhee Wilde
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe ability to count any indirect job creation is only available to the regional center projects.
Rebecca Singh
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyInduced and indirect jobs can only be created with a regional center. Direct projects must create direct jobs to count for EB-5 purposes.
Charles Foster
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, a direct EB-5 project cannot utilize indirect/induced job creation unless it works with an existing EB-5 regional center.
Abhinav Lohia
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIf the project is run by a regional center, indirect jobs will be counted; also it depends on when you make the investment. However, in the case of a direct investment, only direct jobs will be counted that have been created by your investment. Pre-existing jobs in the business will not count towards your investment.
Ying Lu
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyUnfortunately, direct EB-5 cannot utilize indirect and induced jobs. Direct EB-5 can only rely on the jobs reflected on the payroll records.
BoBi Ahn
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, a direct investment in an EB-5 project where there is not a regional center can only count direct job creation to meet the requisite minimum job creation requirement.
Lynne Feldman
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, indirect and induced jobs cannot be counted with a direct project.
Stephen Berman
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIndirect is only for investments in Targeted Employment Areas.
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