Monday, July 4, 2011

EB-5 - Regional Center or Own Business

Should I Invest in a Regional Center or Create my Own Business?

Regional Center investments have many advantages. Here are a few:

• Regional Centers may count indirect employment creation as opposed to direct jobs at the project. This is often critical, such as for a shopping center or a hotel which may have many more indirect than direct jobs created.

• Regional Centers are run by someone else. It is difficult to operate a business upon arrival in the U.S. and some are not born entrepreneurs.

• As soon as the Regional Center investment is made the I-526 EB-5 petition can be filed as the funds are “at risk.” Those who create their own business must first spend a substantial portion of the capital. That can be hard to do when one is abroad without a trusted business manager.

• Often Regional Center projects have been pre-approved by USCIS as far as the business plan and job creation methodology is concerned.

I am pleased to discuss the other advantages of Regional Centers with investors.

Martin Lawler

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