EB-5 Investor Visa Program Unravelled
Unraveling the EB-5 Investor Visa Program. Dispelling myths and aiding potential immigrants in their U.S. residency journey.
EB-5 Investment Fraud: Lessons Learned from Failed Projects
EB-5 Investment Fraud: Lessons Learned from Failed Projects. The EB-5 Program requires that petitioners make an “at risk” investment into a New Commercial Enterprise (NCE), that the petitioner sustain that investment for the requisite period of time and create new “qualified” jobs as a result of that investment. Nowhere in these requirements is the EB-5 [...]
An EB-5 Investor’s Obligation: Due Diligence
An EB-5 Investor’s Obligation: Due Diligence. Prospective EB-5 investors have an obligation to conduct proper due diligence. participation in the EB-5 program, from an immigrant investor’s perspective, involves a huge financial commitment as well as relocation from the home country to life in the United States. In most cases this relocation is of multiple individuals [...]
Exit Strategy in EB-5 Investments: An Important Consideration
Exit Strategy in EB-5 Investments: An Important Consideration. Exit Strategy: A Critical Component for Developers and EB-5 Investors Prospective EB-5 investors are seeking green cards and a return of capital above all else so all elements relating to exit strategy, in the New Commercial Enterprise (NCE) as well as the investment in the Job Creating [...]
Mitigating Risks in EB-5 Projects: Making Informed Decisions
Mitigating Risks in EB-5 Projects: Making Informed Decisions. What if Something Goes Wrong? - A Worst Possible Scenario AIM believes that all parties need to think about what would occur if something goes wrong and a failure were to happen at the EB-5 project/Job Creating Entity level. This is what is commonly called a “worst [...]
Maximizing Impact with EB-5 Funding: The Capital Stack Solution
Maximizing Impact with EB-5 Funding: The Capital Stack Solution. Where does EB-5 funding work best in the capital stack of a target investment/Job Creating Entity? First, it is important to identify the traditional sources of capital in a large development project and how much of the overall construction costs these sources will meet. 1. Senior [...]
EB-5 Investors’ Guide to Reform and Integrity Act: Understanding Payments & Risks
EB-5 Investors' Guide to Reform and Integrity Act. Who gets paid, how much and what for? Critical information even before the Reform and Integrity Act. The Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) requires specific information to be disclosed to EB-5 investors that did not have a requirement for disclosure in the past. Most people reading this [...]
How is Success Measured in an EB-5 Investment?
How is Success Measured in an EB-5 Investment? It seems strange to even have to pose this question as one would think that there would only be one measurement for success in such an important undertaking but that is not the case. For nearly every single EB-5 investor we have encountered the measurement for success [...]
EB-5 Due Diligence: Importance Of Set Aside Visas
EB-5 Due Diligence: Set Aside Visas Set Aside Visas: Maintaining the Proper Focus The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 sets aside 32% of the yearly EB-5 visas for investors in certain types of projects. EB-5 investors who file their I-526E petitions after March 15, 2022, and invest in one of the eligible project [...]