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December 15th, 2011 |
 Yesterday was the last EB5 discovery day of 2011 and it was a great success – Thank You
Our EB5 discovery day meeting yesterday was a great success. I wanted to personally thank those who attended and especially those that stayed afterwards for one-on-one consultations. These new format meeting have been very succesful all year and we are going to expand the opportunity for you to attend in 2012.
During the first quarter of 2012 we will be holding our now famous EB5 Discovery Day meetings in the following cities:
These discovery day meetings are designed for a small group of potential EB5 clients who want to get an in-depth overview of the EB-5 Visa program in a personal setting followed by personal one-to-one meetings with expert EB-5 attorneys and consultants. No fee is charged to attend any of our meetings. You can get more expert EB-5 visa information in this meting than is possible with investing a week on the internet.
If you would like to attend one of our 2012 discovery days please use the following links to request location and date information.
EB5 Visa Discovery Day in Beijing
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EB5 Visa Discovery Day in Miami
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EB5 Visa Discovery Day in Orlando
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Those of you who are new to the subject of the EB-5 visa program may want to read the only guide written for the exclusive use of potential EB-5 clients “Green Card via the Red Carpet” available in hard-copy or Kindle direct from Amazon.
We look forward to meeting you and discussing your EB5 questions and concerns in 2012. In the meantime we are available for Video & Telephone consultations at any time by appointment. Please email our client services director here to set up an appointment.
+Stephen Parnell
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April 14th, 2011 |
 Around March to April each year the roads of Florida are filled with Canadians making their way back home having spent the last few months in Florida. Similarly the airports in Orlando, Miami and Tampa have a large number of Brits also returning home after enjoying that therapeutic Florida sunshine and relaxing lifestyle for the last six months.
Increasing numbers of overseas visitors love to spend as much of their retirement time in the sunny all year round climate of Florida. However, those wanting to retire and relocate permanently to the U.S. have often found it difficult, due to there being no specific visa that allows retirees to live there year round, even if they are wealthy and self supporting.
There has been talk for years of a silver retirement style visa, but nothing has ever materialized. Unless retirees have a close American relative or buy a business, permanent retirement to the States has always seemed a distant dream.
Not so anymore as more and more potential retiree’s consider the EB-5 visa regional centre pilot program. This visa category has been a blessing to retirees wishing to permanently retire to the States as it does not require them to directly operate a business.
In return for a $500,000 investment in an approved regional center program many can achieve their lifelong dreams of permanent residence in the USA. If you would like full details of exactly how this visa category can work for you read “How to Retire in Florida” and contact Which EB5 for details of how you can become a permanent resident retiree in Florida.
 Important: You will want to see our recent blog: Does the location of EB-5 Regional Center Programs really matter? before you start looking at regional center choices as it is possible that one of these might be waiting for you.
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November 19th, 2009 |
 Complaints about Visa's I had a phone call over the weekend from a very nice lady. She was asking whether I knew about a recent conference in Orlando Florida attended by over 400 immigrants who were having problems with the renewal of their E2 and L1 visas.
I had to admit I knew nothing about this conference but was not surprised that there were so many people attending given the number of people we had been working with over the past few years who were turning to the EB-5. This was not because they particularly wanted to invest $500,000 but simply because they recognized, in their specific cases, it was their only way to obtain permanent residence in the USA.
The lady who phoned me told me about the anger and misery at this conference, of course all the stories have a family at the end whose lives have been thrown into disruption. I was surprised that with the E2 and H1-B in particular, the attorneys who had originally advised these families had, according to reports, not always pointed out the potential dangers of these visa types. After all, it’s a major problem if you relocate to the States, live here many years and then find you, or even your children, face deportation because you have not been told about the implications of your visa. It really is a very sad business. It can be avoided with the right information and advice.
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Tags: alternatives, conference, E2, eb-5, florida, H1-B, immigrants, L1, orlando, permanent residence, USA, visa
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July 6th, 2009 |
For the past few days we have been looking at the reasons why the EB-5 visa has been of interest to particular groups of immigrants – Today we look at a case study taken from one of our previous 100+ investors that relates to a couple who achieved their life-long dream to retire permanently in the USA.
A British couple who had spent many happy holidays with their children in Orlando Florida over the past twenty years had been looking at ways they might be able to retire permanently but were concerned that their only options apparently related to the E2 and L1 visas which either did not allow, or offer, the security of immediate permanent residence. They were also concerned that the immigration Attorneys they spoke to focused only on the legal aspects but were not really listening to their personal requirements including their wide ranging concerns on living their retirement in America.
After a meeting with Andrew Bartlett they decided to look at the EB-5 pilot program in more detail and with the husbands retirement in sight they decided to invest $500,000 in a limited partnership project in an approved and proven regional center. The program was for the improvement of a commercial warehouse project in a developing area of a major US city, the building has subsequently been renovated and leased generating a rental income of $30,000 a year.
The couple decided on a clean break from the UK, selling their British home and the rental properties they also owned which provided them with total net worth well in excess of the required (by the US government) million dollar figure along with ongoing retirement income from their years of employment.
The I-526 approval took several months and the couple were then interviewed at the U.S. Consulate in London and granted immigrant visas.
Following a further briefing with us covering key issues such as medical insurance, doctors, driving tests, shipping of their possessions and the pros and cons of different locations, they relocated to Venice Florida on the basis of the things to do, the quality of life and very competitive housing costs.
The couple have subsequently had their I-829 removal of conditions granted and have settled into the Florida way of life playing a lot of tennis and golf and making friends (making them more active and busier than they were in the UK) – Their grown up children and families visit them at least twice a year and they return to the UK when their grandchildren are on school holidays.
We have continued to keep in touch and checked out issues that have cropped up with them for the benefit of new investors, a key one being the exit strategy of the program they opted for in the light of the world downturn and subsequent attractive projects coming on the market.
If you are planning to retire permanently to the USA and are interested in the EB5 regional center pilot program you can contact us here.
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Tags: America, andrew bartlett, E2, eb-5, eb5, florida, I-526, I-829, immigrants, immigration attorneys, investors, L1, orlando, permanent residence, pilot program, regional center, retire, USA, visa
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February 2nd, 2009 |
When a new regional center is launched we often receive questions and requests for opinion from potential EB5 visa applicants on the regional center’s advertising and any potential red-flags. A recent article in the Orlando Sentinel regarding the Lake Buena Vista resort regional center prompted the following questions:
Q. What do you know about the new regional centre near Orlando which appears in this article in the Orlando Sentinel?
Q. Is the fact that it is located in a well known tourist area a positive thing?
One of the Which EB5 senior partners had previously spent time at the center undertaking research and discovered several important issues which potential EB5 investors should be aware of, all of which we cover in depth at our personal briefing/consultations.
Here are a few of the issues which we uncovered.
The Fact that the center is in the tourist area of Central Florida may in certain ways be irrelevant; under the EB5 regional center program you can live anywhere in the United States regardless of which regional center program you invest in.
As a relatively new centre it is impossible to measure track record against other centers which have been proven over longer periods, in certain cases up to 5 years. Several Regional Centers have a 100% track record of visa petitions granted to investors.
Many of the proven centers only require an investment of $500,000 so you need to be aware why the investment at Buena Vista is double this at $1,000,000.
Many EB5 investors are concerned about the likelihood or otherwise of getting their investment back – we have looked extensively at the track record for condo developments in this area and our findings have thrown up some useful points.
It is interesting what the Orlando Sentinel has to say on this subject:
The article presents an interesting perspective and among the points it raises are:-
“So far, it [Lake Buena Vista Regional Center] has no takers for its million-dollar-visa offer. The recession and global financial turmoil have taken “a bit of a bite” from the program’s potential”.
“Though the resort says its offer has drawn interest from investors in Russia, China, Venezuela, Canada and elsewhere, it has not yet sold any of 105 slots set aside for investors. One issue it faces is that the federal program’s other EB-5 regional centers have lower initial investments because they are in a rural area or a high-unemployment urban area. To spur job growth in those situations, the government requires only $500,000 from the foreign investor seeking a green card”.
The article goes on to say:-
“Risk of bankruptcy?”
“Still, a million-dollar investment would carry risk”.
“A wave of condominium hotels hit the Orlando market at the height of the real-estate buying binge several years ago. Many of the proposed projects never left the planning stage. Of those that did materialize, some are already bankrupt, including the Lexington Orlando City-Place downtown and Sage Resorts near SeaWorld”.
If you would like further information on all available EB5 regional center options contact experienced independent EB5 professionals at Which EB5
You can read the entire Orlando Sentinel article here.
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