How can I prove that the area where I plan on investing falls in a TEA if I cannot get a TEA letter? - EB5Investors.com

How can I prove that the area where I plan on investing falls in a TEA if I cannot get a TEA letter?

I have reached out to the state labor departments of NC and SC regarding TEA letters. They have told me that they do not issue them anymore. What else can be a source or how can I prove that the area where I plan on investing falls in a TEA?

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Lynne Feldman

Lynne Feldman

Immigration Attorneys
Answered on

If retained, we can do some checking on alternatives but this assignment was passed back to the states so they are shirking their duty. Some states do publish census tracts in TEAs.

Salvatore Picataggio

Salvatore Picataggio

Immigration Attorneys
Answered on

An economist can help, and there are free tools (like this very website hosts!) that can at least get you started.

Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Bernard P Wolfsdorf

Immigration Attorneys
Answered on

You can always use secondary evidence if primary evidence is shown to be unavailable. So you show the state will not issue and then get a private economist, and hopefully by the time you get an RFE, states will be issuing again.

Robert V Cornish Jr

Robert V Cornish Jr

Securities Attorneys
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File a state freedom of information act request to the state agency for the past TEA letters that they have issued.

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