US Economy Looking Good for EB5 Visa Investors

[Source: WhichEB5]

If you are presently thinking about making a permanent move to the USA through the EB5 visa, but have some concerns about your timing, in connection with the performance of the US economy, a recent report from Wells Fargo will be of interest to you.

The report, backed up by a lot of impressive evidence, indicates strong future prospects for the USA and considers five particularly important areas, profitability, innovation, resources, stability and people to draw a very positive conclusion.

The US is the leading country in research and development in eight out of ten technology areas including:-

• Agriculture and food production
• Aerospace, rail and non-auto transportation
• Military aerospace, defense and security
• Composite, nanotech and other advanced materials
• Energy generation and efficiency
• Healthcare, medical, life science and biotech.
• Information and communications|
• Instruments and non ICT electronics

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USCIS ELIS and the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Invitation - May 23, 2013

(Source: USCIS)  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites you to participate in a conversation regarding USCIS ELIS and the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern).  Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, will be the first of the EB-5 forms available for e-filing in USCIS Electronic Immigration System (ELIS). At the March 28th stakeholder teleconference, we heard concerns about multiple investors submitting the same documentation with the Form I-526. To address this concern, we plan to add a “document library” to USCIS ELIS later in the year. The document library will allow Form I-526 petitioners to share documents related to a new commercial enterprise that were previously submitted with an approved I-924, Application for Regional Center, rather than submitting these same documents with the Form I-526. During this engagement, USCIS officials will give an overview of the concept for the document library and solicit feedback regarding managing access to the document library; uploading and storing documents; and Regional Center and Investor expectations.  To Participate in the Session: You may attend this engagement either in person or by teleconference. If you wish to attend in person, attendance is limited to the first 25 people who register. Those attending via phone will be in listen-only mode.  To Join the Session in Person: If you wish to attend in person, please email Public.Engagement@uscis.dhs.gov no later than May 22, 2013. Please include your full name and the organization you represent, if any, in the body of the email and reference “ELIS EB-5” in the subject line. Also, be sure to bring government-issued photo identification and plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early to complete the security process.  To Join the Session by Phone: If you wish to attend by phone, please visit our registration page to register for this engagement. All registrations must be received no later than May 22, 2013. Be sure to complete and update your subscriber preferences by answering all questions on the “Event Registration” tab. Once your registration is processed, we will confirm your attendance in person or by telephone. If you have any questions regarding the registration process or if you have not received a confirmation email within 2 business days, please contact the Public Engagement Division at Public.Engagement@uscis.dhs.gov. On the day of the session, please use the information below to join the teleconference. We recommend that you call in 10 to 15 minutes before the start time.  Toll-Free Call-in Number: 1-800-857-0174      Passcode: ELIS

EB-5 Immigration Investor Program Visa Details

[Source: State Department/USCIS/Washington Post]

The visual graph represents the total amount of EB-5 visas that have been issued since the inception of the the program back in 1992. The United States has issued more than 29,000+  EB-5 visas which has created over 50,000+ new US jobs and generated $6.8 billion in investment through the EB-5 program to date. From 2008 to 2013 (current) more than 70% of the issued visas were generated during this time frame. The year 2012 was the most productive year of the EB-5 program since 1992 and 2013 looks out grow the previous year visas.

For more information on the USCIS EB-5 Immigration Investor program, investment options, or basic program knowledge:

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The EB-5 American Dream

[Source: State Department/Wall Street Journal]

The surge for visas that were issued in the past 5 year through the USCIS EB-5 program are represented in the graph above. South Korea was the majority of visas issued back in 2008, but since that time China has made an extreme jump to the top representing 4/5 of the programs issued EB-5 visas. 

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Highlights of Draft USCIS EB-5 Policy Memorandum

[Source: H. Ronald Klasko, Esq.]

USCIS issued its third draft EB-5 policy memorandum on February 14, 2013.  It is open for public comment through April 1, 2013.

While the draft policy memorandum technically does not establish USCIS binding policy, it is a window into its present thinking on various subjects relating to EB-5 adjudications.

This alert will discuss the highlights of the draft policy memorandum in terms of either new policies or clarifications of previously unclear policies.  It is not meant to be a summary of the entire memorandum, most of which merely restates existing law and policy.

It is important to note initially that the memorandum is not an exhaustive memorandum in that it does not cover most aspects of I-924 adjudications, including adjudications of EB-5 projects.  For example, it makes no reference to use of EB-5 money to pay back bridge financing; whether EB-5 loans can be paid back to a new commercial enterprise before conditions are removed; whether direct employees of the job-creating entity (indirect employees of the new commercial enterprise) must be “qualifying employees”; etc... 

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To view the Draft of the USCIS EB-5 Policy Memorandum - READ ORIGINAL MEMO HERE

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EB5 Visas Issued as of June 2012

On July 11, 2012, Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Visa Control at the State Department, provided the FY2012 Employment-Based Fifth preference (EB-5) issuance totals for the top five countries (89%), for the period October through June. 4,813 EB-5Visas have been issued up to date with top 5 countries as follows: China, Korea, Taiwan, Venezuela, Iran. 77% EB-5 visas have been issued to Chinese nationals from the Mainland China. He expects that the FY2012 EB-5 visa usage will be approximately 6,200. See illustration for breakdown in percentage of the top five countries and others.

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Legislative Update on the state of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

The EB-5 program has received growing attention in recent weeks. In these days of tight credit, particularly for commercial real estate development, the EB-5 Program provides an attractive alternative to conventional real estate finance for a wide variety of projects. The program creates foreign investment by allowing a person, with qualifying immediate family members, to obtain permanent resident (green card) status by investing in a new U.S. commercial enterprise, and creating or saving 10 full time U.S. jobs.

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Source: JDSupra, by Akerman Senterfitt

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EB5 - Visa Approvals Fast???

It was not too long ago that we at Which EB5 were asking Alejandro Mayorkas of the USCIS just why our clients were waiting upwards of 8 months for an initial EB5 visa approval, an I-526 petition. True to his word, Mr. Mayorkas has, it seems, completed a complete turn around of the EB5 visa processing system, at least for the I-526 petitons....

WHICH EB-5 Blog- READ MORE HERE

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