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Some EB-5 investors do not take the EB-5 job creation requirement into consideration when choosing an approved EB-5 Project to invest in. This question is not asked as frequently as it should be by potential EB-5 Investors. EB-5 Visa stands for “E...

The two major EB-5 visa requirements are investing USD 1,000,000 (or USD 500,000 in Targeted Employment Area) in an approved EB-5 investment project and creating or sustaining 10 full-time jobs using that investment.In this article let us concentrate o...

According to a recent announcement by Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, a $15 million call center in the city that is expected to employ 300 people will soon open using funding from the city's EB-5 regional center.The Dallas Morning News reports that whil...

The new owners of the Colgate plant in Clarksville, Indiana, are optimistic that they can add a significant number of new jobs through the redevelopment of the property, WDRB Fox 41 reports.First, however, these owners plan to look all over the world f...

CaerVision, a Maryland-based company that specializes in internet video systems for healthcare offices, could soon expand to employ 100 people in the Crown American building in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the Tribune-Democrat reports.Local officials belie...

The federal EB-5 visa program has given investors from South Korea and China incentive to bring jobs and economic growth to the metro Detroit area, Crain's Detroit Business reports.One example of the investments made through the program occurred i...

A group of developers want to build a full-service Marriott in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, using EB-5 investments but first they will need to convince to the city to let them tear down a number of historically designated buildings.Jackson Street Management i...

A group in Iowa City, Iowa, is trying to create the first sanctuary city for illegal immigrants in the state, according to the Des Moines Register.In a sanctuary city, illegal immigrants can call the authorities if they are a victim of or witness to a ...

Vermont Governor Jim Douglas will travel to Asia next month to try and drum up foreign investors for a number of projects in the Green Mountain State that utilize the EB-5 visa program.Douglas will make the trip with representatives from six different...

A proposed $1.5-billion hybrid-car plant in Alabama that is utilizing the EB-5 visa program could be eligible for $1 billion in tax breaks, according to a letter from Alabama Development Office (ADO) Director Neal Wade, reports AL.com.The proposed HK M...

A Massachusetts-based company has applied to become an EB-5 regional center, hoping to build a $500 million wood pellet manufacturing facility and biomass plant in Vermont.Beaver Wood Energy is hoping that the EB-5 visa program will help it fund the pr...

Years after city officials in Dayton, Kentucky, voted to erect a floodwall to protect the city from the destructive and economically crippling effects of the Ohio River, city planners are turning to the EB-5 visa program and other investments to develo...

It's no secret that California's unstable regulatory laws, floundering economy and high costs of production have caused the state to lose manufacturing jobs and business to low-cost foreign labor.But some companies in the area have taken advantage of t...

Jon Ansel, the president of the warehouse management company D+S Distribution, was named the winner of this year's Excellence in Economic Development Award, for his assistance in bolstering the Ohio economy during the past year.The award, which was pre...

Anyone who knows the name Silicon Valley, most likely knows of it because of its link to innovation in the technology industry. In efforts to maintain standing as leading developer of new technological hardware and software, some valley executives are ...

A Seattle immigration attorney who has helped Seattle businesses gain more than $100 million in investment from the federal EB-5 visa program, has pitched the idea of using the immigration program to officials in Portland, Oregon.Henry Liebman, who hea...

Ascertaining a dire need to promote entrepreneurship, immigration and economic development in metro Missouri, the St Louis County Economic Council has applied to become eligible for foreign investment under the EB-5 visa program.Under the federal progr...

Two brothers who own a brewery in Immokalee, Florida, are intent on using the federal EB-5 visa program (or EB-6 visa, if a recent proposal is passed in Congress), to draw investment and drive the growth of their small business.Ernest and Curtis Sitten...

The Eastern Indiana development group Energize-ECI recently announced that it has applied to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to be recognized as a certified EB-5 Regional Center to help advance economic growth in the area.The unem...

Concerned with a soaring unemployment rate that remains drifting above 15 percent, officials in Riverside County, California, are expected to approve a campaign to promote foreign investment in the county through the use of the federal EB-5 visa progra...

Several new reports on job creation in America reveal that the two institutions supported by the EB-5 visa program - immigration and startup businesses - are the most influential in sparking job growth in the U.S.A joint study from McGill University an...

The EB-5 visa program gained popularity among foreign investors and American business executives alike, mostly due to its capacity to match rewarding investment opportunities with individuals who have the most to gain by pouring their money into the ve...

Supporters of expanding the existing EB-5 visa program to permit green cards to qualified foreign entrepreneurs, as well as investors, are citing a recent study that depicts a job market that relies on increased hiring from the nation's top companies.A...

While the EB-5 visa program has been supporting local economies in the U.S. since its inception in 1990, a Florida immigration attorney is now saying that an expansion of the measures of the existing investor visa under the proposed StartUp Visa Act of...

In the business world and among proponents of immigration reform, the recently proposed StartUp Visa Act of 2010 has received astute attention.The proposal, by essentially expanding the parameters of the existing EB-5 visa program to include entreprene...

In 2009, a total of 4,218 foreign investors from successfully applied for and received an EB-5 visa, giving them and their families a good chance of attaining permanent residency in the U.S. in as little as two years.According to the U.S. State Departm...

It appears that San Antonio is the latest city to benefit from the growing demand of investment visas, such as the EB-5, among Mexicans looking to escape the violence and civil unrest of their homeland.On Wednesday, March 10, at least 160 Mexican busin...

Shortly after the real estate and developing firm Twin Development was approved as an EB-5 regional center by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the enterprise has vigorously reached out to South Koreans in an attempt to draw investors seek...

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, foreign nationals can now choose among 83 enterprises certified as EB-5 regional centers as targets for an investment that could award them an investor visa.By investing in one of these region...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has promoted the EB-5 visa program as a way to stimulate local economies through the invitation of large amounts of foreign capital.And so far, the results seem favorable. For instance, through 2009...

In just over a year, the number of public and private enterprises recognized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as EB-5 regional centers has rocketed from around 20 to 83.The phenomenon can not entirely be contributed to a growing...

As the American economy looks to recover from one of the deepest recessions in recent history, lawmakers have begun to pursue new measures to promote job growth in the country.Of the more popular and novel approaches, the immigration visa has drawn the...

While most foreign investors pursue the EB-5 visa program and other investor visa initiatives to chase down a potentially lucrative investment opportunity, others are simply looking to gain access to the American way of life.One investor from Mexico Ci...

With assistance from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the EB-5 visa program and a list of potential investors from Asia, the economically depressed town of Victorville, California has taken steps to create jobs in their region.Las...

On Thursday, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade group representing the U.S. venture capital industry, praised the newly-introduced StartUp Visa Act of 2010 as a crucial tool to spur economic growth in the country.The bill, sponsor...

On Wednesday, a prominent national tech group offered resounding approval in response to the StartUp Visa Act of 2010, a measure that effectively aims to expand the EB-5 visa program by making U.S. visas available to immigrants eyeing the country as lo...

Suggesting the positive direction of the U.S. EB-5 immigration program, economic and immigration experts are proposing even more ways to stir job creation in the U.S. by allowing foreign investors to bring their ideas and capital to the country.Paul Ke...

Outwardly, the EB-5 visa program purports to be a useful way for an individual or family looking to immigrate to the U.S. to receive a green card. But in a period defined by its economic instability, the immigration program offered by the U.S. Citizens...

A California-based company has announced that it will use foreign investments made available through the EB-5 visa program to purchase and develop an abandoned ethanol plant, which could create job opportunities for employees in Colorado and Kansas.The...

Comments made by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) during a December stakeholders call has lead investment analysts and businesses to a debate about what qualifies as job creation under the EB-5 visa program.The USCIS' interpretatio...

An Alabama startup company that works on developing and producing hybrid concept cars has announced that it will look to raise capital through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) EB-5 visa program.The company, Hybrid Kinetic Motors, ...

The main argument against the proposal by Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat speaking for Colorado in the House of Representatives, to expand the EB-5 visa program to foreign-born entrepreneurs interested in starting a technology in the U.S. is predom...

Green Energy Resources (GRGR), a U.S. company that purports to be the only wood and fiber fuel exporter in the country that is environmentally certified and Kyoto compliant, has announced that it will offer foreign investors an expedited green card und...

Last week, a group of entrepreneurs from India won the NYC Next Idea 2009-2010 competition, which is aimed at supporting and encouraging foreign entrepreneurs who submit their business plans in New York City.In this, the competition's first year, the w...

As interest in the EB-5 visa program continues to grow in the U.S., a city in upstate New York has recently announced its desire to apply for the right to create a new regional center.The North Country EB-5 Regional Center would be located in Plattsbur...

The EB-5 visa program has been the focus of increasingly more media reports entering the new year for two main reasons: 1) the national unemployment continues to straddle the all-too-high benchmark of 10 percent and companies remain starved for investm...

Congressional members from both parties are throwing their support behind an effort to maintain EB-5 visa regional centers.Bipartisan support, which is particularly rare on immigration issues, has lead lawmakers to support proposal that aims to elimina...

The advantage of the EB-5 visa program to the U.S. economy and American business executives is clear: substantial foreign investments are likely to create jobs and spur recovery at a time in which loans and shareholder confidence are scant.But for the ...

Business executives and immigration experts alike have noted the paramount increases in the demand for EB-5 visas among foreign investors over the past several years, but are still anticipating the frequency of investments to accelerate in the future.T...

A national financial investment firm is looking to raise millions of dollars in foreign investment in Colorado by applying for recognition by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as a federal EB-5 visa regional program center.Under the...

A group of investors in California's Silicon Valley is lobbying lawmakers to provide visas to foreign citizens who want to establish technology start-ups in the U.S., in what would effectively constitute an expansion of the EB-5 visa program.The propos...

At the end of December, the ski resort Jay Peak in Vermont officially opened its new Tram Haus Lodge, which was largely funded by foreign investors participating in the country's EB-5 visa program.Bill Stenger, the resort's owner, received investments ...

In search of lucrative business opportunities and an improved education for their children, an increasing number of the wealthy Chinese population are looking to relocate to the U.S. by means of an EB-5 visa.Qi Lixin, chairman of Bejing Entry & Exi...

The popularity of EB-5 visas for foreign parties seeking to relocate to or conduct business in the U.S. may continue its climb in 2010, after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last month that it has stopped accepting H-1B ...

Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, has penned a proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives that aims to encourage foreign-born entrepreneurs interested in starting a technology company to bring their investments and know-how to the U...

Though the distribution of green cards in exchange for investment in American business has been an obscure program to most immigrating foreign nationals, the current economic downturn has created conditions that spurred the number of EB-5 visas issued ...