Investor Info

 

Investor Info

• Conditions for obtaining the Green Card for investors •

 

Investments of less than $ 500,000 or $ 1 million are eligible for investor visas. No minimum amount is required, it must be substantial, i.e. such as to ensure the sustainability of the planned commercial activity, create added value for the American economy, direct and indirect jobs or participate in improving the competitiveness of the economy. The business plan must be all the more reasoned as the investment is less.

 

The American federal regulatory system offers foreign investors ready to invest in a business, in equity, $ 500,000 or $ 1 million, the possibility of obtaining the status of permanent resident, that is to say the Green Card through the Visa EB-5.

 

Three ways to get the Green Card:

 

1- Invest a million dollars and start a business, in any US state and create 10 full-time jobs.

 

2- Invest $ 500,000 in a business and create 10 full-time jobs in a geographic area where unemployment is one and a half times the state average, or in rural areas.

 

3- Invest $ 500,000 in a business and in an area determined by the Regional Economic Development center, investors are not required:

 

- to create direct jobs.

- to have an active part in the business.

- to reside in that state (Ideal for example for a retiree or a sleeping partner who may choose to reside in California when he has invested in Nevada).

 

The conditions to be met:

 

The investor must justify the origin of the capital contributed.

 

The investment must have a commercial character with the risks associated with the Business, it can be a hotel but not a private residence, it can be a loan (Case N ° 3) or a current account contribution in a business, but not the subscription for example of treasury bonds guaranteed by the Federal State.

 

The takeover of an existing business, in difficulty, in restructuring, may be eligible, the immigration services issue the Green Card on an ad hoc basis after having validated the relevance of the business plan and the estimated operating account, with regard to the benefit that the American community will derive from this investment: benefits in terms of job creation and safeguarding, creation of added value, contribution of competitiveness or innovative technology, etc.

 

Information:

 

For more information you can consult the website www.uscis.gov./portal/site/uscis then “immigration through investment”.