American Investor Visa Lawyers
Congress established the EB-5 visa program to foster economic growth through the creation of U.S. jobs and the encouragement of foreign capital investment. Through the EB-5 program, foreign investors may find a path to permanent residency which may lead to U.S. citizenship.
To be eligible for an EB-5 visa, an immigrant investor must generally have $1,000,000 to invest. In limited circumstances, an investment of $500,000 may suffice. If you are an immigrant investor seeking a path to U.S. citizenship, the EB-5 visa program may be the answer for you.
We Work With Investors to Obtain the "Green Card" in return for Your Investment in America
The Bayne Law Group assists investors who seek to take advantage of the EB-5 visa program. We assist with applications and other essential immigration matters. We work diligently on behalf of each of our clients to ensure that they receive the quality legal representation and superior client service they require.
Our attorneys and staff are knowledgeable about the EB-5 visa program and are pleased to offer their assistance. Every case is handled with meticulous care. We are prepared to provide the sophisticated representation required by foreign investors. Our managing member, Andrew Bayne, has been a practicing commercial immigration attorney for nearly two decades, and has earned an AV Preeminent* rating through Martindale-Hubbell's peer review standard.
The EB-5 Investor/Job-Creation Visa Program
There is a great deal of information in the marketplace about the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa, much of which has only recently come to the forefront in the immigration media. Our firm's Managing Member has been an American Immigration Lawyer since 1994 -- the EB-5 petition has always been among the platform of immigration services offerings.
In 1990, the US Congress enacted the provision that grants permanent residency to an investor (and family) who invests US$1MM "at-risk" capital in a new enterprise (US$500k in an Economic Development Zone) that the foreign investor will personally manage full time towards creation of a fixed number of US jobs. Later versions of the act allowed the threshold investment to be applied to existing businesses that required capital infusion to both create and/or maintain US worker employment. This is the core concept of the EB-5 visa application.
In 1992 a pilot program was created for the "Regional Center" program by which the foreign investor could defer much management of the invested enterprise to a regional center management team of which the investor was still an "at-risk" investor. The Regional Center program is not a new program. However, this pilot program has met with some success as well and gained notoriety over the last few years.
Our firm's standing principal on EB-5 Investor Visas has been and always will remain -- before a client commits investing with a Regional Center, as with any investment, the investor's due diligence is key and must be priority due to potential risk of loss, including loss of both the visa and the capital invested. The Regional Center pilot program, now extended, is scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2012 and, although many say it is unlikely, it will be put to the US Congress this term to decide whether to continue the program.
We strongly urge careful due diligence with any investment and do not endorse or recommend any particular program. Generally, we encourage investors with US$500k to $1MM to consider investments over which they have the greatest degree of personal control, however this is always the client's decision and prerogative. The Regional Centers provide a somewhat less active, although not passive investment opportunity, over which the investor still must participate to some degree.
Some industries in which we have information and have conferred with Regional Center representatives include the following:
•· Holiday Ski and and Summer Resorts
•· Commercial and Residential Real Estate Development
•· Federal, State and Local Government Infrastructure Investments
•· Wine Growers Consortium
•· Several other regional center industries are growing and are available.
We encourage Potential clients in interested in further exploring either a direct EB-5 investment or an investment through a Regional Center, to contact us *online* or by *telephone* to organize a telephone conference and schedule a meeting to discuss any potential investor's industry experience and preference in connection with the EB-5 visa program.
Regional Centre Establishment
Depending upon a client's interest in this investment program, we also assist in establishing a new consortium program under the Regional Centre model. Under the current regulations, a qualified petitioner can propose to establish a new " regional center" designed to promote economic growth through increased export sales, improved regional productivity, job creation, or increased domestic capital investment.
Once established, this regional center can solicit investments from other foreign nationals interested in investing in the US in exchange for the permanent US residency. Our firm welcomes discussing this American business immigration and investment strategy with prospective clients.
The Bayne Law Group headquarters is in centrally located Princeton, New Jersey. We have regional offices in New York and Philadelphia. To speak with a United States EB-5 visa attorney, call 609-665-3200 or contact us toll free at 888-312-0442. You may also reach us online.
*AV Preeminent is the certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
