5 best ways for investors to immigrate to the usa

5 BEST WAYSFOR I NVESTORSTO IMM IGRATETO THE USA

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EB -5 REGIONALCENTERINVESTMENT

Pro: Low $500,000 U.S. payment for a green card, passive

involvement

Con: Money is managed by someone else


Invest $500,000 U.S. in an EB-5 government-approved regional

center for a period of about five years.

In around 18 months, you obtain conditional green cards that

entitle you and your immediate family to enter the U.S. You can

live, work and study anywhere in the country and there are no

education, age or English language requirements.

EB-5 REGIONALCENTER INVESTMENT


This is a passive investment in which your money is invested in

someone else’s commercial project, such as a hotel, residence

complex or office tower. The catch here is that your money,

through the project, must employ 10 or more American workers

for a period of two years. Once this requirement is established,

you can then apply for permanent resident green cards. At the

end of five years from the date of your U.S. entry, the money is

returned to you.

These are commercial enterprises and therefore your money is

at risk. However, the EB-5 program has been in place for over 20

years and it has an excellent record.

EB-5 REGIONALCENTER INVESTMENT


EB -5 DIRECTINVESTMENT

Pro: Complete control of the money

Con: High payment of $1 million for a green card, active

involvement required


This one is a bit different than the passive EB-5 option above.

This time, it’s your shop.

To get conditional green cards for you and your family, you

invest $1 million U.S. in your own business and directly employ

a minimum of 10 people for two years.

Processing takes about 18 months, although if you combine

this with the E-2 visa below, you may be able to enter the U.S.

in about six months.

EB-5 DIRECTINVESTMENT


After demonstrating that you have complied with the two-

year employment of a minimum 10 workers and maintained

your minimum $1 million invested, you can qualify for

permanent green card status.

If you invest in a high unemployment area of the United

States, the amount required to qualify may be only $500,000

U.S. This is a good option to combine with a possible franchise

scenario, as with a restaurant or hotel chain.

EB-5 DIRECTINVESTMENT


INTER -CORPORATETRANSFEREE

Pro: Cheap way to get a green card

Con: Requires support of a petitioning company


If you are transferred from your company abroad to an

affiliated U.S. company to work as a manager, executive or

person with specialized knowledge, you may be entitled to

obtain a green card.

Think of a Toyota manager going to the U.S. to run a subsidiary

plant.

INTER-CORPORATETRANSFEREE


There are a couple of particulars before you can make a transfer.

1. You must have worked for the affiliated company abroad for a

period of at least one year in the last three years.

2. Your job in the U.S. must be similar to the job you were

performing at home.

Processing time for inter-corporate green card transferees is

about 18 months.

INTER-CORPORATETRANSFEREE


E -2 WORK VISA

Pro: Fastest way to get into the USA to work

Con: Complicated to get permanent residence without the

EB-5 direct addition.

Andy@mywo rk v i s a . comE-2 WORK VISA

How about hiring yourself to work in the U.S.?

If your country of citizenship has an investment treaty with the

United States, you may be eligible to obtain an E-2 visa to

work for a company you form in the United States. Basically,

you are the sponsor as well as the immigrant employee.

Investment requirements vary according to the nature of the

company and its industry sector. On the low end, around

$75,000 U.S. could cover it, although $200,000 and up would

make things easier.

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Under the E-2, visas are granted for periods of up to five years

and are renewable indefinitely. Spouses of E-2s are able to

obtain blanket work authorizations to work anywhere in the

U.S., as well.

E-2 visas can offer a speedy entry to the USA while serving as a

stepping stone to an EB-5 direct green card. For example, I

had an Egyptian client who used this visa to establish a car

rental agency in Florida. He is now en route to the EB-5 direct

investment green card.


EB - 1EXTRAORDINARYIMMIGRANTS

Pro: Self-petitioning green card – no supporting employer

required.

Con: You have to be a genius or reach high in your field to get it.


EB-1 EXTRAORDINARYIMMIGRANTS

If you have extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education,

business or athletics, then you can apply directly for a green

card. Think Julio Iglesias, Albert Einstein, Yao Ming or Gordon

Ramsay.

You will need to prove your expertise or exceptional ability in a

particular field by meeting the government’s criteria for an EB-1

immigrant. Such criteria include awards and honors received,

as well as any glowing publications written about you. Being a

movie star doesn’t hurt, either.

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