Re: EB5 Investment Visa


From what I hear, the EB-5 route is quite painful, even after you have
gotten it, since INS needs to see records of biz activity and what
not, as
you set up a biz. I have considered it at various times, and each time
decided against it. Few attorneys have handled EB-5s and keep advising
other
options. The Vermont program where you just hand off the dough has the
problem that you have no control of the capital or returns. If you are
up
for that, it is probably the easiest and surest option to go with.
That is,
if 500K is not money you would miss... further, 500K is a rural area
amount.
meaning you need to be resident/tax-paying there; you will incur
additional
expense if you prefer living in NYC, Chicago. In which case, you need
to put
up 1 million to directly acquire residence in those places. One thing
I have
seen EB-5 people do in some Asian communities-- they buy motels in
interior
areas, which fit the size of capital and employee terms really well,
and is
easy to manage.


"snodog" <member46117@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks again. I'll have a look into it and also see if I can't find
others. As I said before if you know anyone who has direct
experience
of such an investment or if there is anyone else out there who has
I'd
love to hear form you.
Martin

When we started looking at leaving the UK, a couple of years ago,
the
whole EB5 thing seemed a bit "dubious". We had pretty much decided
that
Canada would be our new home only for my wife's company to decide
she
couldn't be spared and persuaded her to stay ( quite a persuasive
arguement $$$$$ )

Now it would seem that she is ready to leave and we would much
prefer to
be in the US, where we already have a house.

I would love to speak with someone who has invested in one of these
Regional schemes. Or decided not to........

Wife is interested in the Vermont scheme as we have connections with
New
England anyway.

Any recommendations in terms of an immigration lawyer would also be
gratefully received.

cheers
Peter

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With the regional centres there is no requirement to live near it...
Quite a few who have invested in the Seattle scheme live in Florida ..

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