What we handle
Regional centers, developers and project companies.
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Regional center designation
Form I-956, including the operating plan and the people responsible.
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Project applications
Form I-956F for each investment offering, with the business plan and economic analysis.
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Annual statements
Form I-956G, and the records it draws on.
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Immigration review of offering documents
Working with securities counsel so the documents meet EB-5 requirements.
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Job creation and targeted areas
Coordinating the economic report and targeted employment area determinations.
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Site visits and investor requests
Preparing for USCIS site visits, and supplying project evidence for investors’ petitions.
How the process works
Six steps from structure to the investors’ permanent green cards.
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Structure the raise
Decide whether to seek your own designation or work with an existing regional center, and how the EB-5 capital fits the financing.
Who: the developer, the firm and finance counsel
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Designation
A new regional center files Form I-956 with its geographic area, its operations and the people involved.
Who: the firm
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Economic analysis
An economist models the jobs the project will create. We check the report against the number of investors offered.
Who: the economist; the firm reviews
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File the project application
Form I-956F describes the project, the offering and the job creation. Investors’ petitions refer to it.
Who: the firm
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Raise and support petitions
As investors subscribe, we supply the project evidence their attorneys need.
Who: the regional center and the firm
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Comply every year
Annual statements on Form I-956G, records kept, and evidence of job creation for each investor’s Form I-829.
Who: the regional center; the firm advises
Three ways to raise EB-5 capital
The right choice depends on the size of the raise and the developer’s plans for future projects.
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Own center
Seek your own designation
Full control and a vehicle for future projects. Carries the compliance obligations every year.
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Affiliate
Work with an existing regional center
Faster to start. The center sponsors the project and shares in the economics.
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Direct
A single business with direct investors
Only direct jobs count, so this suits operating businesses with real payroll more than construction projects.
Representative matters
A few recent matters, described without client names.
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Designation
Regional center designation for a developer of mixed-use projects in the Northeast.
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Project
I-956F filing for a hotel project, coordinated with securities counsel and the project economist.
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Compliance
Annual statements and a USCIS site visit for a regional center with four active projects.
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Support
Supplied job creation evidence for a group of investors filing Form I-829 after project completion.
Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts.