In order to be successful in securing EB-5 Visa status, all EB-5 investors must Invest In A New Commercial Enterprise that either creates or preserves at least 10 permanent full-time jobs. The minimum qualifying investment is $1,000,000 while the minimum qualifying investment either within a high...
Establishing a new business or investing in an existing one is exciting, but it is not easy, especially when you are required to create 10 full-time jobs pursuant to the EB-5 program.[1] There are many things that could change the vision and approach outlined in...
We at e-Council Inc.com recognize that the EB-5 process is costly – and everything adds up. If you or your client has a very tight budget but wants to do things “right”, work with the e-Council Inc.com team to make sure that the Business Plan...
In order to determine the outcome of an EB-5 case, adjudicators review all of the evidence presented applying the necessary standard of proof. Pursuant to section 291 of 8 U.S.C. 1361, the burden of proof is upon the applicant to present sufficient evidence to demonstrate...
In June of 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Windsor [i] found that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)[ii] was unconstitutional. This section of DOMA defined a legal marriage as between a man and a woman which in turn precluded...
The E-2 nonimmigrant visa category allows treaty investors to enter the United States under a bilateral treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the country of which the investor is a citizen. The treaty investor must be coming to the United States...
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) recently released copies of decisions from 2013 on appeals denying EB-5 Visas to applicants. In fourteen of the twenty-six decisions from January to April of 2013, the failure to provide an adequate comprehensive business plan was a factor in the...
Each year, approximately ten thousand visas are allocated for immigrant investors in new commercial enterprises in the United States. Of this total number, three thousand visas are set aside for targeted employment areas, which are defined as rural locations and areas experiencing high unemployment rates....
The H-1 B visa allows an employer to file a petition for a nonimmigrant to temporarily work in a specialty occupation in the United States. One of the requirements that the employer needs to show is that the worker is qualified to perform services in...
Wealthy Foreigners Seek Millionaire Visas Here & Now radio show hosts Jeremy Hobson and Robin Young interview Lauren Cohen to discuss the immigration reform bill and how the EB-5 visa, also know as the “millionaires visa”, is offering international investors the opportunity to gain residency in...