My client would like to hire two extremely distant cousins (through marriage), for which he wants me to form an LLC.
Would they be included in the 10 minimum job requirement?
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Reza Rahbaran
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyAs long as the cousins are U.S citizens, permanent residents, refugees, or asylees, then they may be counted towards your job creation. Employee relative only excludes the spouse and children.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyRelative excludes immediate family only, who presumably are not US workers anyway.
Ed Beshara
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIn the job count you cannot include the immediate family members of the principal investor (spouse and minor children). Cousins who are U.S. permanent residents or U.S. citizens may be included in the job count.
Fredrick W Voigtmann
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyWith respect to employing relatives, the regulations for qualifying employee exclude only the investor, his spouse, sons or daughters.
Ying Lu
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYes, the cousins can be counted toward the job numbers. However, the investor, his/her spouse and children cannot be hired as qualified new jobs.
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