Since its inception, the U.S. EB-5 immigrant investor program has sought to encourage investments in Target Employment Areas or “TEAs” which are either a.) rural areas; or b.) high unemployment areas, defined as areas with a rate of unemployment that is 150% the...
Citizens of countries with the required reciprocal treaty arrangements with the U.S. may live and work in the U.S. as nonimmigrant E-1 “treaty traders” or E-2 “treaty investors.” Treaty visa holders coming to the U.S. to direct, develop or manage the business of the...
If you are intending to move to California as an investor of a new commercial enterprise, there may actually be a specific visa available to you. As what is called an "alien investor", you might be eligible for an investment visa, which is intended for immigrants...
If you are looking into getting a temporary work visa so you can be employed in California, you actually have several to choose from. Each visa suits a different purpose and situation, and what works for one may not be the best for you or vice versa.FindLaw takes...
You may be like many employers in California and across the U.S. who are struggling to find specially skilled workers who qualify to fill open positions in your company or institution. As the number of students choosing to go to college after high school continues to...
People in California who are involved in projects that require large amounts of capital might at times consider wooing investors from outside of the country. Since 1990, the nation has had a program in place whereby select investors have been able to receive temporary...
It is not uncommon for a United States citizen to get married to someone who is a citizen of another country. If the couple at any point wishes to live in the U.S., the spouse who is the U.S. citizen must apply to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service...
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. USCIS has announced that on July 24, 2019 it will publish the long-awaited EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Regulation. The new rule which will go into effect on November 21, 2019 will make a number of significant changes to the...
There are many factors that can affect your ability to obtain a temporary visa to work in California. These include the country from which you come and the work that you intend to do. Each of these two factors affects the type of temporary work visa that you can...
By Robert P. Gaffney, Esq. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has on June 28, 2019 completed its review of USCIS's proposed EB-5 modernization regulations, once more throwing the future of the EB-5 program into uncertainty. The OIRA notification confirms...
