If an EB-5 petitioner decides to make a direct investment and open up his own business, does he count toward the 10 employees required by EB-5?
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Daniel A Zeft
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo. The employees must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or others with U.S. employment authorization as provided in the applicable regulations.
Fredrick W Voigtmann
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyThe investor and his/her immediate family members do not count toward the job-creation requirement.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, the petitioner and his family do not count toward the requirement of 10 full-time employees. Generally, it is U.S. citizens and permanent residents only, and a few other classes of U.S. worker.
BoBi Ahn
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyUnfortunately no, the investor does not count toward the 10 jobs created.
Barbara Suri
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyIt is my opinion that he would count if he is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Phuong Le
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyA direct EB-5 investor can work for his own direct EB-5 business, but will not count toward the 10-jobs requirement.
A Olusanjo Omoniyi
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, he doesn't count.
Charles Foster
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, the EB-5 petitioner does not count toward the requirement that ten jobs be created for U.S. workers.
Marko Issever
EB-5 Broker DealersUnfortunately not! He needs to create 10 full-time positions and employ people who are authorized to work in the United States, such as U.S. citizens, green card holders, etc.
Mark AM Catam, Esq
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, the petitioner does not count.
Julia Roussinova
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNeither the EB-5 petitioner nor his spouse/child(ren) count toward the minimum required job creation in a direct EB-5 case.
Blake Harrison
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyUnfortunately, the petitioner cannot be counted toward the 10-job creation requirement.
Salvatore Picataggio
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNope, nor does any family member.
Mitch Wexler
Find an EB-5 Visa Lawyer: Immigration AttorneyNo, and neither does immediate family.
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