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EB-5 Program

Brief Description


By hiring an ultra-competent M&A Firm, which will hire the finest of legal and accounting Advisors, a Foreign National of good character (no criminal record) can invest in businesses in the United State, and in so doing can earn an immediate “Green Card” (Permanent Residence) and obtain US Citizenship within 5 years. For those who expect to maintain significant personal or business relationships in their home country, the law only requires US residence for 181 days each year, the remaining days can be spent in your home country.
 
About EB-5

It is possible to obtain an employment-based fifth preference Visa through a capital investment. The U.S. government offers citizenship through investments given the investor and the investment meet specific criteria. We use the same intensive due diligence process as in our AIP program to locate businesses for our foreign investors and partner with them to ensure the proposed project meets all government requirements.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS FOR VISA ELIGIBILITY 

  • The source of the investor’s capital must be proven to have been obtained lawfully. If the capital is sent to the investor as a gift then the same process applies to the provider of the gift.

  • The legal ranges for EB-5 investments can depend on location, but in our foreign investor program, we exclusively offer investments valued at $1,000,000 and above. 

  • The investment must directly or indirectly generate ten full-time jobs within 2.5 years of the approved I-526 form (the conditional green card petition), or show a reasonable projection that these positions will be created and filled. These jobs do not include the investor, his/her family members, or non-immigrant aliens.

  • This is not a passive investment. The investor must either actively manage or oversee a management structure which he or she implemented. 

  • The business acquired must have been created after November 29th, 1990. If it was formed before this date then there must be a restructuring that results in a new enterprise. The vast majority of businesses we have sold to foreign investors were already considered new enterprises. 

Timeline

  1. We meet or speak with you to discuss your goals as a foreign investor. We partner with our legal team to verify your eligibility and answer your questions about the proposed investment.

  2. At the time of the investment, an I-526 form is filed with an immigration attorney; its purpose is to establish your basis for applying for the actual EB-5 Visa. Depending on where you are, the I-526 takes between 12-18 months to be approved.

  3. When the I-526 is approved and you do not already have lawful status in the U.S., you then apply for a Visa using the DS-230. If you already have immigrant status, then you apply to adjust your status to conditional permanent resident using the I-485.

  4. When the form in the above step is approved, the visa granted is conditional and depends on the investment and investor meeting the EB-5 requirements during the initial two year period. The conditional green card affords you the same benefits as a permanent one, so you and your spouse can legally work and your children can attend school.

  5. In the last 90 days of this two year period, you file an I-829, which petitions to lift the conditional status and when approved, grants unconditional permanent residency.

Registration Form
Registration Form