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5 BEST WAYSFOR I NVESTORSTO IMM IGRATETO THE USA
ANDY SEMOT IUK
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EB -5 REGIONALCENTERINVESTMENT
Pro: Low $500,000 U.S. payment for a green card, passive
involvement
Con: Money is managed by someone else
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Invest $500,000 U.S. in an EB-5 government-approved regional
center for a period of about five years.
In around 18 months, you obtain conditional green cards that
entitle you and your immediate family to enter the U.S. You can
live, work and study anywhere in the country and there are no
education, age or English language requirements.
EB-5 REGIONALCENTER INVESTMENT
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This is a passive investment in which your money is invested in
someone else’s commercial project, such as a hotel, residence
complex or office tower. The catch here is that your money,
through the project, must employ 10 or more American workers
for a period of two years. Once this requirement is established,
you can then apply for permanent resident green cards. At the
end of five years from the date of your U.S. entry, the money is
returned to you.
These are commercial enterprises and therefore your money is
at risk. However, the EB-5 program has been in place for over 20
years and it has an excellent record.
EB-5 REGIONALCENTER INVESTMENT
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EB -5 DIRECTINVESTMENT
Pro: Complete control of the money
Con: High payment of $1 million for a green card, active
involvement required
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This one is a bit different than the passive EB-5 option above.
This time, it’s your shop.
To get conditional green cards for you and your family, you
invest $1 million U.S. in your own business and directly employ
a minimum of 10 people for two years.
Processing takes about 18 months, although if you combine
this with the E-2 visa below, you may be able to enter the U.S.
in about six months.
EB-5 DIRECTINVESTMENT
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After demonstrating that you have complied with the two-
year employment of a minimum 10 workers and maintained
your minimum $1 million invested, you can qualify for
permanent green card status.
If you invest in a high unemployment area of the United
States, the amount required to qualify may be only $500,000
U.S. This is a good option to combine with a possible franchise
scenario, as with a restaurant or hotel chain.
EB-5 DIRECTINVESTMENT
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INTER -CORPORATETRANSFEREE
Pro: Cheap way to get a green card
Con: Requires support of a petitioning company
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If you are transferred from your company abroad to an
affiliated U.S. company to work as a manager, executive or
person with specialized knowledge, you may be entitled to
obtain a green card.
Think of a Toyota manager going to the U.S. to run a subsidiary
plant.
INTER-CORPORATETRANSFEREE
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There are a couple of particulars before you can make a transfer.
1. You must have worked for the affiliated company abroad for a
period of at least one year in the last three years.
2. Your job in the U.S. must be similar to the job you were
performing at home.
Processing time for inter-corporate green card transferees is
about 18 months.
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E -2 WORK VISA
Pro: Fastest way to get into the USA to work
Con: Complicated to get permanent residence without the
EB-5 direct addition.
Andy@mywo rk v i s a . comE-2 WORK VISA
How about hiring yourself to work in the U.S.?
If your country of citizenship has an investment treaty with the
United States, you may be eligible to obtain an E-2 visa to
work for a company you form in the United States. Basically,
you are the sponsor as well as the immigrant employee.
Investment requirements vary according to the nature of the
company and its industry sector. On the low end, around
$75,000 U.S. could cover it, although $200,000 and up would
make things easier.
Andy@mywo rk v i s a . comE-2 WORK VISA
Under the E-2, visas are granted for periods of up to five years
and are renewable indefinitely. Spouses of E-2s are able to
obtain blanket work authorizations to work anywhere in the
U.S., as well.
E-2 visas can offer a speedy entry to the USA while serving as a
stepping stone to an EB-5 direct green card. For example, I
had an Egyptian client who used this visa to establish a car
rental agency in Florida. He is now en route to the EB-5 direct
investment green card.
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EB - 1EXTRAORDINARYIMMIGRANTS
Pro: Self-petitioning green card – no supporting employer
required.
Con: You have to be a genius or reach high in your field to get it.
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EB-1 EXTRAORDINARYIMMIGRANTS
If you have extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education,
business or athletics, then you can apply directly for a green
card. Think Julio Iglesias, Albert Einstein, Yao Ming or Gordon
Ramsay.
You will need to prove your expertise or exceptional ability in a
particular field by meeting the government’s criteria for an EB-1
immigrant. Such criteria include awards and honors received,
as well as any glowing publications written about you. Being a
movie star doesn’t hurt, either.
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