EB-5

The EB-5 visa for Immigrant Investors is a United States Visa created by the Immigration Act of 1990. This visa provides a method of obtaining a green card for foreign nationals who invest money in the United States.  To obtain the visa, individuals must invest $1,000,000 (or at least $500,000 in a “Targeted Employment Area”— a high unemployment or rural area). The investment must create or preserve at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers, excluding the investor and their immediate family.  In the case of an “EB-5 Regional Center,” a third party-managed investment vehicle (private or public) assumes the responsibility of creating the requisite jobs.

 
InfoVest EB5  

InfoVest is a private equity fund seeking authorization by the US government to find and attract foreign investment to the U.S., via the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The mission is to provide an expedited path to U.S. Legal Permanent Residency for its investors and create an alternative source of capital for its investment projects. The EB-5 program allows foreign investors to obtain “Green Cards” in exchange for investing a pre-set amount (US$500,000) into approved business projects that create at least 10 jobs per investor. InfoVestwill manage the day-to-day operations of the “InfoVest Delaware EB5 Regional Center,” as well as investment and due diligence analysis.

 

The USCIS approval process requires for each EB-5 project an accounting of the jobs created by each project. A total of 10 jobs (direct, indirect and induced) must be created for each investor in the project to gain USCIS approval. InfoVest provides the client with a comprehensive report detailing the number of direct, indirect and induced jobs created by their specific project and the underlying assumptions behind the job estimates. InfoVest’s familiarity with the RIMS II and IMPLAN models favored by USCIS economists allows it to apply these models in the most straightforward and transparent manner.

Although not yet mandated InfoVest’s goal is to become SEC compliant