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June 29th, 2011 |
 The ongoing problems with the US economy are causing headaches for many potential well qualified immigrants looking to work in the USA.
An ever increasing number of US companies cannot or will not pay the legal fees and advertising costs associated with the process of labor certification for foreign national employees.
Added to this problem are the additional issues of quotas and waiting times.
Additionally, Immigration Attorneys have commented in the past that labor certification generally depends on the sponsoring employer not finding a qualified, willing, able and available employer in the local job market.
Given the current sluggish job market in the US and the number of available US workers it is not surprising that even well qualified foreign nationals are finding sponsorship and labor certification is no longer an easy route to achieve permanent residency status in the USA.
An increasing number of wealthier and well qualified foreign nationals are instead looking closely at the EB-5 visa as an alternative option to be able to qualify for well paid jobs in the USA.
A number of EB-5 applicants we have worked with have felt the $500,000 investment in an approved program offers the fastest most predictable route to gaining both permanent residence in the USA for their family and the opportunity for a well paid job in the US for themselves. However, there are many issues it is important to be aware of so to obtain independent information contact the experts at Which EB5.
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Tags: EB-5 Visa, employment sponsorship, immigration attorney, labor certification, quota, work in the USA
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July 29th, 2010 |
 The gentleman and his wife had relocated to the USA from Pakistan nine years ago. Initially he came over as a student on an F1 visa and after graduation worked for a major financial sector company in New York. After working for six years on an H1-B visa, he faced a problem with the uncertainty and waiting time required for labor certification cases and adjustment of status. All this despite both his desire to remain in his job and his employers willingness to help him, could have meant he would have to leave his home in the USA and return to Pakistan. After a meeting with Stephen Parnell in New York, and discussions with an experienced EB-5 attorney, he looked at the EB-5 regional center pilot program in more detail and specified project track record, speed of obtaining the green card and investment with a company that offered a specific exit strategy as important criteria for him. He decided to invest $500,000 in a limited partnership project in an approved and proven regional center program for the development of a project in California. Approval took a little less than three months and the applicant received his green card a month later.
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Tags: adjustment of status, attorney, california, eb5, F1 visa, green card, H-1B, labor certification, New York, Pakistan, pilot program, regional center, stephen parnell, USA
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August 25th, 2009 |
Foreign national are finding themselves increasingly affected by Department of Labor regulations requiring employers to pay labor certification fees and costs. An increasing number of employers cannot or will not pay legal fees and advertising costs for a labor certification application on behalf of a foreign national employee. There is of course the additional hurdle even after obtaining labor certification of quotas and waiting times. Given these difficulties it is hardly surprising that this group of foreign nationals who could previously obtain permanent residence based upon employer sponsorship is now deciding they need another option and are turning to the EB-5 investment visa as the route to green card status.
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
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Tags: eb-5, green card, investment visa, labor certification, permanent residence, Which EB-5
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August 24th, 2009 |
All over the world there are people who want to live in the USA but despite their qualifications find that they are unable to obtain business sponsorship as they are not able to obtain labor certification. As Anthony Olson, a specialist Immigration Attorney recently explained, labor certification is dependent on the sponsoring employer not finding a qualified, willing, able, and available worker in the local job market. In the current market there are many well-qualified people out there looking for jobs in most places around the country thus labor certification is not looking very promising as a vehicle to permanent residence at the moment. This could well be one of the reasons for the growing popularity of the US EB-5 investor green card.
Which EB5 research all regional centers, you make the same $500,000 investment and get independent experts at no cost to you. Our impartial advice has helped more than a hundred families obtain Green cards.
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Tags: eb-5, green card, immigration attorney, labor certification, relocate to the USA, Which EB-5
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July 15th, 2009 |
We have been looking at the reasons why the EB5 visa has been of interest to particular groups of immigrants and today we look at a case study taken from one of our previous 100+ investors – this relates to a citizen of Pakistan who wished to change his visa from the H-1B to the EB-5 to live permanently in the USA.
The gentleman had relocated to the USA eight years ago, initially as a student on an F1 visa. After graduation he worked for a major finance company in New York. After working for a few years on the H1B visa, and wishing to file for permanent residency in the United States, he faced a lengthy waiting period required for the labor certification during the first stage of the employment-based permanent residency application. This situation had been further complicated by the distressed economy. He and his wife were also fast approaching the end of the six years allowed under their H-1B visas. An inability to renew their H-1B’s, despite both their desire to remain in their respective jobs and the willingness of their respective company’s to help, could have necessitated their departure from the USA.
After meeting Stephen Parnell during a Which EB5 discovery day in New York city, he looked at the EB-5 regional center pilot program in more detail. A successful project track record, quick processing time and an investment with a project that offered a specific exit strategy were some of the important criteria that he considered in reaching his decision. Once he had completed his diligence on the projects that met his criteria, he decided to invest the requisite $500,000 in a limited partnership project in an approved and proven regional center program for the development of an infrastructure project in California. The funds are loaned to a development agency to fund the redevelopment and renovation of a redundant government facility for commercial use. The entire process took a little over four months from beginning to end, with the I-526 approval taking three months, and the green card arriving little over a month later.
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Tags: california, citizen, eb-5, eb5, employment based, F1 visa, green card, H-1B, I-526, investors, labor certification, New York City, Pakistan, quick processing time, regional center, stephen parnell, USA, visa
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