EB-5 Consultants

Choosing a consultant to guide you through the different EB5 regional centers programs is an important first stage for would be EB-5 immigrant investors.

Key points you need to consider include:-

•    Are the consultants truly independent or are they associated with a particular regional center?

•    Are they acting more as an agent of one center rather than providing impartial and independent advice?

•    Do they charge you a fee?

•    Have the Consultants actually visited the regional centers? By visiting we mean an in-depth look and review of the center, not just attending a conducted tour and arranging a photo opportunity. It is vital that you are given the complete picture rather than the highlights.

•    Are the Consultants Immigration Attorneys doubling up as the consultant? If so, there may be a conflict of interest and an ethical dimension which has been the subject of much discussion at (Association of Immigration Law Attorneys) AILA conferences.  At these conferences leading EB-5 immigration Attorneys discussed the issue saying; Attorneys working with clients on the EB-5 visa should obviously provide advice on immigration law, they should not necessarily be giving advice on the relative merits of the various regional center programs.

•    How many actual EB5 immigrants have they advised, what is their success and failure rate?

•    Which centers have they recommended?

•    What is the range of information they provide? – It is all very well knowing who the directors of the regional centers are, what the track record of the regional centers is, and how many EB-5 visa applicants they have attracted but all these facts miss far more important points that are critical in these turbulent economic times.

•    What is the difference between equity and loan based programs?

•    What is their knowledge on economic employment methodology?

•    Do they have links to the leading independent EB-5 immigration attorneys, economic forecasters, international chartered accountants and business attorneys?
 

The EB-5 Investor Green Card regional center visa program is an excellent way to quickly become a permanent resident of the United States. Which EB5 researches regional centers; you make the same investment plus get all the independent advice of Which EB-5 at no cost to you.