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Tag: Immigration Law

Minors as investors: Asian teenage girl reading in a math class.

Minors as Investors in EB-5 Immigration

Can a minor be the investor for EB-5 immigration purposes, and if so, should he or she be?   The question posed is one of the hardest questions to answer in the EB-5 Industry today and is also one of the hottest topics under discussion.  My response is not intended to be comprehensive and presumes…
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Who’s Looking Out for the Investor? Part 3

In the most recent blog, we discussed an example case in which the immigration lawyer was acting in the best interest of the regional center and developer, and many investors lost their immigration benefit and all of their money.  During this case, the developer has continued to spin a story that he will sell the…
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Who’s Looking Out for the Investor? Part 2

The investor holds the money, which means that, although it often does not feel like it, each investor has the power in his or her transactions with regional centers and developers, at least at the onset.  Today, there are far more EB-5 projects than could be financed given the limitation on visas available in the…
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EB-5 Visa Program Boosts Employment

Today, the Wall Street Journal published a cover story seemingly designed (especially if one only read the front page and early analysis on page A12) to leave a bad taste in readers’ mouths concerning the EB-5 Visa program. http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-immigrants-cash-funds-luxury-towers-in-the-u-s-1441848965#livefyre-comment The author seemed to mistakenly draw the conclusion that a program designed to help the poor and…
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