EB-5 Investor Green Card Benefits
EB-5 Investor Green Card Program is a fast track path to getting your U.S. green card within 18 months. It has the highest U.S. Immigration approval, more than the Tourist Visa, Student Visa, and Employment based green cards, and Marriage Visa. U.S. Congress designated 10,000 visas to individuals in the EB-5 Category and each year thousands go unused. With a secure investment of $500,000 into a State certified project in the U.S. you and your family will be able to qualify for a U.S. green card with all the benefits of a resident.
You Can Live Anywhere in the U.S.
If you have always dreamt of living next to the beach in Hawaii or the coast of California, you can do so. If you prefer the lights and sounds of Las Vegas or New York, then the option is available. No matter where you want to live in the U.S., the EB-5 Green Card gives you the ability to choose where you can set up your business in a completely different state than where you live.
Travel to U.S. Hassle Free Anytime
The freedom to travel back home when you please. Once you have a Green Card in the U.S., you can return to your home country and then back to your new home anytime you wish. If you have an emergency in your home country or need to return to the U.S. immediately, just board a plane and leave without having to apply for a visa.
U.S. Education at Citizen Rates
Access to education at resident prices. As a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. you can afford to get higher education while paying the same money citizens pay. The same can be said for family that moves here with you, which includes any children under age 21. If you have always wanted the best education for you and your children, you can have it now with the EB-5 Green Card.
Be An American Citizen in 5 years
Fast track to becoming a U.S. citizen. You might think you will never become an American citizen, but it is possible to obtain your U.S. citizenship 5 years after your Green Card is approved. You need an experienced immigration attorney to process the file smoothly, however, the INA clearly allows citizenship application if you meet all the requirements. Once you have your citizenship, you can never lose it and do not even have to travel back to the U.S. to maintain it.
Own A Business
Owning your own business. Many people will never have the satisfaction of working for themselves, but with one initial investment, you can achieve that dream. The investment does not require you to be involved in daily operations if you apply at a Regional Center. You can be as involved in the business as you want, and you get to choose what you do with your time and money. This is a luxury many people in most countries do not have.
Secure Investment Earning Interest
Investment with a projected return on investment. By working with our EB-5 Investor Green Card Program, your investment money is secure and will earn interest higher than at a traditional U.S. bank.
High Immigration Approval Rate Than Any Other Visa
High U.S. immigration approval rate. In 2009, 85% of EB-5 Investor Green Card petitions were approved by U.S. immigration. This is a much higher rate than student visas, tourist visas, and marriage visas.
Who Qualifies for an EB-5 Investor Green Card?
There are no limits as to who can qualify for an EB-5 Investor Green Card as long as they can meet the three requirements. Some examples are student visa holders who want to get a green card without having to marry, retirees who want to be able to live and receive some benefits in the U.S., entrepreneurs who do not qualify for E visas, and families with young children who want the benefits of a U.S. school system.
Why Use our EB-5 Investor Green Card Program?
Safe investment with your money. Your investment money is secure and will earn interest higher than at a traditional U.S. Bank. We have a proven management team that has already earned over $800 million gross in previous projects. We have a virtual reality online gaming product that has been profitable for over eight (8) years, and we have the Hollywood connection to make the business successful and profitable.
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What is the Hollywood Connection?
What makes our online virtual reality games special is that we can use characters and images from famous Hollywood movies. We are able to do this because of the past success of SEE Virtual Worlds www.seevirtualworlds.com
Paramount Studios, MGM, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios have already signed contracts for the use of their movies. Some of the movies that are being discussed are: Batman, James Bond, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, X-Men, King Kong and The Mummy. You too can be part of the magic of a Hollywood success. Visit See Virtual Worlds at www.seevirtualworlds.com
How Do I Get Started?
You can send an inquiry with a completed EB-5 Green Card Questionnaire to our office.
EB-5 Investor Green Card Program
EB-5 Investor Green Card Program is a fast track path to getting your U.S. green card within 18 months. It has the highest U.S. Immigration approval, more than the Tourist Visa, Student Visa, and Employment based green cards, and Marriage Visa. U.S. Congress designated 10,000 visas to individuals in the EB-5 Category and each year thousands go unused. With a secure investment of $500,000 into a State certified project in the U.S. you and your family will be able to qualify for a U.S. green card with all the benefits of a resident.
If you are a foreign investor from any country looking to enter the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident, then the EB5 investor Green Card Program is the way to go. High net worth individuals are able to make an investment which creates 10 jobs and obtain their Green Cards as fast as one who marries a U.S. citizen. Other relative petitions take 5-15 years and employment based Green Cards 3-8 years.
Consider the following advantages this program has over other visa programs. The EB-5 Investor Green Card process takes approximately 18 months before you have your Green Card, and qualifying family members are approved at the same time. Here are the five top reasons the EB-5 Investor Green Card Program is ideal for foreign investors.
- Live and work anywhere in the U.S. that you choose
- Work or conduct any type of legitimate business in the U.S. that you choose
- Your children can attend school as a U.S. premanent resident and with lower tuition
- You can travel in and out of the U.S. as many times as you wih
- You can apply for U.S. Citizenship within five (5) years of getting your EB-5 Investor Green Card.
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Who Qualifies for an EB-5 Investor Green Card?
There are no limits as to who can qualify for an EB-5 Investor Green Card as long as they can meet the three requirements. Some examples are student visa holders who want to get a green card without having to marry, retirees who want to be able to live and receive some benefits in the U.S., entrepreneurs who do not qualify for E visas, and families with young children who want the benefits of a U.S. school system.
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Our Full Service EB-5 Investor Green Card Program
For one fee, we will provide you with experienced, professional law office to prepare and submit all necessary papers to the U.S. Immigration and the U.S. Consulate. We have American attorneys on the ground at the U.S. Consulate to assist you with your case, assistance and consultation for the U.S. Consulate interview. All translation and notary services in your country and in the U.S. Setting up all business documents, bank accounts, tax identification numbers. Upon arrival to the U.S., we will provide you with airport pick up, assistance with housing (purchase or rental), consultations for school for children, drivers’ license and identification applications. Additionally, we can provide assistance in applying for social security numbers, and insurance.
The EB-5 Green Card law firm of CTR & Associates Ltd. is available to help you pursue your goal of becoming a U.S. permanent resident through an EB-5 Investor Green Card Program.
There are two EB-5 programs, the Regular Program and the Regional Center Program, and CTR & Associates offer legal assistance with both.
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Waiver of the INA 212(e) Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement Pertaining to J-1 Exchange Visitors
A J-1 exchange visitor is defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) as an alien “having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning who is a bona fide student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist or leader in a field or specialized knowledge or skill” and the broad category encompasses 13 subcategories within the J-1 provision.
The INA originally required all exchange visitors to return to their home country, or country of last residence, for a period of two years before being able to acquire temporary worker H status, intracompany transferee L status, or permanent resident status. Provisions to waive the two year foreign residence requirement has evolved when in instances compliance would cause an exceptional hardship to the alien’s US citizen or permanent resident alien spouse or child, or result in persecution to the alien on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion.
Are you subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement?
An exchange visitor (EV) may be subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement of INA for one or more of the following reasons. The alien’s participation in the exchange program was funded by the US government, the alien’s own government, or an international organization. The other reason is the education, training, or skill the alien is pursuing appears on the Exchange Visitor Kills List for the alien’s country. Additionally, the alien acquired J-1 status on or after January 10, 1977, for the purpose of receiving graduate medical education or training.
If you are subject, what does that mean?
If you are subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement, you may not change your status to that of H, L, or K, or to immigrant or legal permanent status until you have fulfilled the two-year foreign residence requirement by going back to your home country or receiving a waiver of this requirement.
If you are subject to the INA 212(e) and want a waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement, there are five grounds for waivers.
No Objection Statement (NOS): The alien’s home country government issue a No Objection Statement (NOS) through its Embassy in Washington, DC directly to the waive the requirement. The law precludes the use of this option by foreign medical physicians, who acquired J-1 status on or after January 10, 1977, for the purpose of receiving graduate medical education or training.
Request by an interested government agency (IGA): If an exchange visitor is working on a project for or of interest to a U.S. Federal Government agency, and that agency has determined that the visitor’s departure for two years to fulfill the INA 212(e) requirement will be detrimental to its interest, that agency may request an interested government agency waiver on behalf of the alien for sake of public interest.
Persecution: If an exchange visitor believes that he or she will be persecuted based on his/her race, religion, or political opinion if he/she were to return to his/her home country, the alien may apply for a persecution waiver.
Exceptional hardship to a United States citizen (or legal permanent resident) spouse or child of an exchange visitor: If an alien can demonstrate that his or her departure from the US would cause exceptional hardship to his or her U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident spouse or child, he or she may apply for an exceptional hardship waiver.
Request by a designated State Department of Public Health or its equivalent, CONRAD: Pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 103-416, a foreign medical graduate who has an offer of full-time employment at a health care facility in a designated health care professional shortage area or at a health care facility which serves patients from such a designated area, and agrees to begin employment at that facility within 90 days of receiving such a waiver, and who signs a contract to continue to work at that health care facility for a total of 40 hours per week and for not less than three years, may apply for a waiver under this basis.
Visa Denied under 214(b)
WHAT IS SECTION 214(b)?
Section 214(b) is part of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It states:
Every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status…
To qualify for a visitor or student visa, an applicant must meet the requirements of sections 101(a)(15)(B) or (F) of the INA respectively. Failure to do so will result in a refusal of a visa under INA 214(b). The most frequent basis for such a refusal concerns the requirement that the prospective visitor or student possess a residence abroad he/she has no intention of abandoning. Applicants prove the existence of such residence by demonstrating that they have ties abroad that would compel them to leave the U.S. at the end of the temporary stay. The law places this burden of proof on the applicant, that’s YOU.
Most cases are decided after a brief interview and review of whatever evidence of ties an applicant presents, and consulate officers only spend a minimal amount of time reviewing the file before the interview, and in some instances, none at all.
WHAT CONSTITUTES “STRONG TIES”?
Strong ties differ from country to country, city to city, individual to individual. Some examples of ties can be a job, a house, a family, a bank account. “Ties” are the various aspects of your life that bind you to your country of residence: your possessions, employment, social and family relationships.
As each person’s situation is different, consular officers look at each application individually and consider professional, social, cultural and other factors. In cases of younger applicants who may not have had an opportunity to form many ties, consular officers may look at the applicants specific intentions, family situations, and long-range plans and prospects within his or her country of residence.
IS A DENIAL UNDER SECTION 214(B) PERMANENT?
No. Your case will be reconsidered if you can show further convincing evidence of ties outside the United States. Unfortunately, some applicants will not qualify for a nonimmigrant visa, regardless of how many times they reapply, until their personal, professional, and financial circumstances change considerably.
WHAT CAN YOU DO IF AN AQUAINTANCE IS REFUSED A VISA UNDER 214(B) FOR LACK OF A RESIDENCE ABROAD?
First encourage your relative, friend or student to review carefully their situation and evaluate realistically their ties. You can suggest that they write down on paper what qualifying ties they think they have which may not have been evaluated at the time of their interview with the consular officer. Also, if they have been refused, they should review what documents were submitted for the consul to consider. Applicants refused visas under section 214(b) may reapply for a visa. When they do, they will have to show further evidence of their ties or how their circumstances have changed since the time of the original application. It may help to answer the following questions before reapplying: (1) Did I explain my situation accurately? (2) Did the consular officer overlook something? (3) Is there any additional information I can present to establish my residence and strong ties abroad?
Your acquaintances should also bear in mind that they will be charged a nonrefundable application fee each time they apply for a visa, regardless of whether a visa is issued. You are not barred from reapplying as often as you like, just be aware that the application fee applies each time and there’s no guarantee that it will be approved.
HOW FRONTIER LEGAL CAN HELP
At Frontier Legal, we will schedule a meeting with the applicant to review their individual circumstances and assess their likelihood of approval for the Tourist Visa or Student Visa. While we cannot guarantee the outcome of your case, as only the consular officers can make the final decision, we can provide you with a qualitative analysis of your case and assist you in the interview process while ensuring that you submit all your required documents to prove your strong ties to the home country. www.FrontierLegal.com
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Tourist Visa B2 to the USA
Visitors traveling to the United States temporarily for business and pleasure, usually come as tourists or to visit family and friends. Others come for specific purposes, such as medical treatment, a conference, business meeting, or certain types of training.
Some tourists from certain countries, traveling for visitor visa purposes for 90 days or less, and who meet all the requirements, can travel to the United States for tourism or business under the Visa Waiver Program.
Additionally, certain citizens of Canada and Bermuda do not need a visa to visit the U.S.
Many of these temporary visitors, traveling for the business and pleasure purposes explained above, need visitor visas to enter the United States. The type of visa you must have is defined by immigration law, and relates to the purpose of your travel. Please note: If you want to travel to the United States to study or to work, you will need a different kind of visa.
The U.S. government made some changes in visa procedures after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The changes in various procedures to make sure that both U.S. citizens and visitors are safe. Advance planning by travelers is essential, for them to have their visa when they need it to come to the U.S. For most visa applicants, an interview is required as a standard part of visa processing. Visa applications are evaluated very carefully and take more time now than in the past. Some applications require additional security screening. Improved and automated procedures have considerably sped up visa clearance procedures.
Obtaining a visitor visa, or tourist visa, may not be as straighforward as it seems if you’re basing it on the information on the US Embassy websites. In reality, depending on your nationality and purpose of your trip, combined with your person documentation to prove strong community ties to your home country, obtaining a tourist visa to the US may be a confounding process. Simply, you need to show more than that the fact that you want to visit Disney Land, or that you have a friend you haven’t seen in 20 years, you need to show that once you arrive in the US you will not reside their or attempt to find work and overstay your visa, or worse yet, violate the terms of your visa.
Before heading to the embassy with your application in hand, be prepared and review your documents. Ask yourself these questions:
Do I have proof that I have strong ties to my home country, such as a business, dependants, employment, or family to substantiate my desire to return to my home country after my visit to the US?
Do I have enough financial proof that I will be able to support myself during my stay wtihout having to resort to public funds or public assistance?
Do I have a letter from the friend, company, or person sponsoring my trip to the US so to demonstrate that that person or organization would be responsible for me while I’m there?
Do I have the time and patient to sit through an interview and respond honestly to the questions the interviewing officer will pose?
Once you have considered these questions, go to the US Embassy website in your home country and start the process.
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