Greencard » EB-5 Visa http://the-greencard.com Information about greencard Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:37:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Help Fund a Project, and Get a Green Card http://the-greencard.com/fund-project-green-card/ http://the-greencard.com/fund-project-green-card/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:37:25 +0000 admin http://the-greencard.com/?p=114 With bank financing for new construction in short supply, real-estate developers are turning to a federal program that grants green cards to foreign nationals who invest at least $500,000 in a project.

The new attention has turned a once-obscure alternative source of funds into a viable route toward development. Use of the 20-year-old program nearly doubled last year, to 1,995 investor applicants in the fiscal year ended last September from 1,031 in the prior year.

In 2006, when the economy was still roaring, there were just 486 applicants, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The program is named EB-5 because it represents a fifth category of employment-based immigration.

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]]> http://the-greencard.com/fund-project-green-card/feed/ 0 More Koreans Choose Investment Option for U.S. Greencards http://the-greencard.com/koreans-choose-investment-option-greencards/ http://the-greencard.com/koreans-choose-investment-option-greencards/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:40:33 +0000 admin http://the-greencard.com/?p=97 An increasing number of Koreans are immigrating to the U.S. through an investment program as the U.S. has loosened immigration restrictions in order to boost its economy hit hard by the global economic crisis.

In 1990 the U.S. government began granting permanent residency, or greencards, to immigrants who invest over US$1 million in the country, and in 1993 it introduced an immigrant investment program dubbed “Regional Center EB-5 Program” which offers greencards to those who invest at least US$500,000. The number of agencies which file applications for the immigration program on behalf of clients tripled to around 60 to 70 last year from 23 worldwide in 2008.

Immigration through investment is a popular option especially among parents seeking to have their children educated in the U.S., as the parents and all children aged 21 or under are able to receive greencards. Various benefits come with permanent residency, such as lower tuition fees for U.S. residents. Between 2006 and 2008, 1,454 Koreans obtained greencards via the program, the highest number among 67 countries that participated.

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