I understand that a full-time employee has to work 35 hours a week. For example, could I have an employee that works 15 hours a week and another that worked 20 hours? What are the rules pertaining to the aggregation of part-time employees for EB-5 purposes?
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Rohit Kapuria
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyYou would be precluded from using part time positions to fulfill job requirement. You could, however, create 10 full-time positions and use a job sharing arrangement to be in compliance with the requirements.
Ed Beshara
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIn a direct EB-5 model there has to be full time employment for one employee.
Fredrick W Voigtmann
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyPart-time jobs do not count for EB-5 job creation. Only full-time jobs count. That said, two employees could share one full-time position. Such an arrangement would qualify as one full-time job created.
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