Jobs Creation Eb5 Visas
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Jobs Creation Eb5 Visas
- 2. EB-5 The Immigrant Investor Visa Program
- 3. $500,000 Immigrant Investor •(TARGETED EMPLOYMENT AREA) •TWO YEAR CONDITIONAL RESIDENCY •10 DIRECT EMPLOYEES •NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE •HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREA •RURAL AREA •QUOTA EB-5 Basics $1,000,000 Immigrant Investor • TWO YEAR CONDITIONAL RESIDENCY •10 DIRECT US EMPLOYEES •NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE •EXISTING BUSINESS THAT IS EXPANDED OR TROUBLED BUSINESS •QUOTA
- 4. Visa Quota Annual Allotment: 10,000 3,000 Visas for Regional Centers Law Expires Sept 30, 2012 Visas are Currently Available “5th Employment Based” EB-5 Investor Immigrant
- 5. “5th Employment Based” EB-5 Jobs Creation Visa
- 6. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: • INVESTMENT FUNDS ARE FROM A LAWFUL SOURCE • INVESTMENT FUNDS MUST BE AT RISK INVESTMENT MUST BE SUSTAINED There are no other requirements such as age, nationality, work experience, or entrepreneur achievements.
- 7. Family • Spouse may accompany • Unmarried Children under 21 may accompany • Conditional Residency Status for 2 years •Permanent thereafter
- 8. Eligibility: • INVESTED OR IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTING: • NEW COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE • EXPANDING AN EXISTING BUSINESS • TROUBLED BUSINESS
- 11. Regional Centers Florida Birch LEAF Miami 31, LLC Regional Center Broward County Regional Center, LLC Florida EB5 Investments LLC Regional Center Florida Equity & Growth Fund Regional Center, LLC Florida Overseas Investment Center RC Gold Coast Florida Regional Center Lake Buena Vista RC Mirzam Investor Green Card Regional Center Palm Beach RC Palm Coast Florida Regional Center Regional Center of South Florida South Atlantic Regional Center (SARC) South Florida Investment Regional Center (SFIRC) Zzz Sample Regional Center
- 12. WHAT DOES THE EB-5 TELL US ABOUT THE FOREIGN NATIONAL? PERSON WILL BE INVESTING BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 IN A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WILL PAY AT A MINIMUM AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FEES INVE STOR WILL HAVE A SIGNFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE
- 14. (954) 385-6811 Law Offices of Ivan D. Piedrahita P.A. 2893 Executive Park Drive, Suite 301 Weston, FL 33331 http://www.visasusa.net piedrahitai@visasusa.net
Editor's Notes
- Hello, I am attorney, Ivan Piedrahita. I am an immigration attorney located in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. I will be giving an immigration presentation today.
- Under the traditional EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, the investment has to normally be $1,000,000 dollars. There are exceptions under which the investment can be $500,000. Under the traditional investment program, the $1,000,000 has to be invested by the investor in a new business enterprise. It can be invested in any type of active investment. Over the first $1,000,000 that is invested, financing could exist. The EB5 investor program has to create 10 direct jobs. Additionally, the investor can invest in an existing business enterprise if the investor is increasing the net value of the business by 40% or increasing the number of employees by 40%. Also, the investor can invest in an existing troubled business that has been in existence for more than 2 years and has lost more than 20% of its value in the last 24 months. If the investor’s case is approved the person would be granted 2 year conditional residency.Also, under the EB5 Immigrant Investor Program an investor can invest $500,000 in a Targeted Employment Area. A Targeted Employment Area is one that has an unemployment rate 150% over the national average or in a rural area with less than 20,000 people. Again they would otherwise have to meet the same requirements as the $1,000,000 investment program just mentioned. If the investor’s case is approved the person would be granted 2 year conditional residency.
- Under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program there are a total 10,000 visas available. Of the 10,000 visas available 3,000 are allotted for the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program also known as Designated Regional Centers. The law allowing the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program is expiring on September 30, 2012. This law has previously been renewed, and we anticipate that it will be renewed again in 2012. I will speak more about Regional Centers in a moment.
- These are some statistics on approved EB5 Petitions in the last few years, and as you can see the number of applications and approved cases has grown.
- Under the Pilot Immigrant Investor Program or Regional Centers, 10 direct or indirect jobs must be created within the two year conditional residency period. Regulations also allow some flexibility for USCIS to remove the conditional residency and make it permanent based upon a showing that the forecasted “jobs will be created within a reasonable time.”
- Florida now has many Regional Centers. Here you will see 14 regional centers around the state of Florida. These as well as all the other centers around the state of Florida are potential investment vehicles for foreign investors to invest and try to obtain residency in the United States.Procedures may vary from Regional Center to Regional Center if an immigrant investor wants to invest in a specific investment project. Normally, the Regional Centers will invite the prospective investor to meet with representatives of the Regional Center Project. They will give the investor a description of the project, wire transfer instructions, a reservation agreement and accreditation questionnaire. The immigrant investor will then be asked to wire a reservation deposit to a bank trust account. Then investor will then be asked to sign and return a subscription agreement and reservation agreement. Subsequently, the investor will receive a questionnaire, a numbered offering memorandum and operating agreement for the investor’s review and signature and the investor will be asked to return these documents. Upon accreditation acceptance, the reservation deposit and administrative fees that the investor has paid will become non-refundable. The investor will then be asked to remit the investment amount of $500,000 to a bank trust account within 30 days and the immigration case will begin to be processed.
- So to recap, the person coming to the U.S. as an EB-5 visa applicant will be investing anywhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in a business enterprise. The person will be paying at a minimum an additional $50,000 in administrative fees. Therefore, we can assume that the investor is a high net worth individual. And we can also assume that an EB-5 visa applicant will probably have millions of dollars to invest in real estate.
- In closing I would like to say that these different immigration options for your foreign clients are ways for you to secure their business. However, in the Regional Center context, unfortunately, Security and Exchange Commission Rules prohibit individuals including realtors who are not licensed under the SEC from receiving commissions from Regional Centers. So this becomes a dilemma for realtors who are not licensed under the SEC. The good news is that although you may not allowed to earn a referral fee from the Regional Centers, you are not responsible for the success or failure of the investment. Most importantly, depending on your geographic location, if a client wants to go in the direction of the Regional Center, then you have a potential client to buy property and real estate.If a foreign client wants to develop a business in order to obtain a visa, then you can point them in the direction of finding a business as well as directing them to an immigration attorney to help them. Your job is to present options to them, help them to get legal representation, and in the process you will get their real estate business. I hope this presentation today. has been informative, and if you or clients have immigration questions or needs feel free to contact me. I will be happy to help you and your clients in any way I can.
- Here you will see my contact information in the event anyone would like to contact me and thank you for taking part in this webinar.