Business ideas under $1M immigrants could fund:
Starting a wood burning facility (to power heat/steam in Rocky Mountain region hit by pine beetle) would cost about $1M if county provides cheap land lease.
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2010.12.24
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101222/ts_nm/us_usa_immigration_business
In 2010, nearly 2,000 would-be immigrants, many from China, applied for EB-5 visas, the most ever in a single year, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that oversees the program.
"I always tell the people who approach me that the EB-5 investment program is a risky business," said Brian Su, a Springfield, Illinois-based immigration consultant who publishes a popular blog on the program. "If you cannot bear the loss, the total loss of your investment, don't play this game."
In 2007, there were just 11 specially designated businesses allowed to offer EB-5 visas to foreign investors in exchange for their cash; today there are 117 and 88 more are applying for the status. Many of the newcomers are commercial real-estate builders looking for alternative funding to keep their projects alive.
oversight of the EB-5 program is theoretically shared by USCIS and the SEC.
the annual filing -- known as an I-924A
10,000 special visas, known as EB-5s, have been set aside annually for foreign entrepreneurs, and their immediate family, who agree to invest as little as $500,000 in ventures that will either create or save 10 U.S. jobs within two years of their arrival.
several dozen businesses that accept investors through the program have started a Chicago-based trade group called the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA).________________________________________________
20110907
Top of Chinese wealthy's wish list? To leave China
China's richest are increasingly investing abroad to get a foreign passport, to make international business and travel easier but also to give them a way out of China.
The United States is the most popular destination for Chinese emigrants, with rich Chinese praising its education and healthcare systems. Last year, nearly 68,000 Chinese-born people became legal permanent residents of the U.S., seven percent of the total and second only to those born in Mexico. Canada and Australia are also popular.
Wealthy Russians have also been establishing footholds abroad for the past decade, seeking a safe haven both for their money and their children.
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2011.11
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=facb83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/EB-5_visa
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Nearly 6,000 foreign EB-5 investors have applied for permanent residency through the program since it was created, but only 3,200 have received green cards. In an example of how interest in this program has soared, 715 investors applied for permanent residency in the first four months of this year.
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2012.02.22
webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181461401318988.html
Recent statistics show rising demand for "investment immigration" visas to the U.S., Canada and other Western countries. The U.S. program, EB5, can grant up to 10,000 visas annually to people who invest $1 million and create at least 10 jobs in the U.S., or invest $500,000 in a rural or high-unemployment area.
In fiscal 2011, the U.S. received 2,969 applications (each of which can cover several family members) from China for EB5 immigration, compared with just 787 two years earlier, according to the U.S. immigration agency. Chinese applications accounted for 78% of the global total in 2011.
Canada received 2,567 Chinese applications for a similar program in 2011, up from just 383 in 2009, according to its immigration authorities. Demand has been so strong—particularly from China—that Canada imposed a cap of 700 applications per year, starting July 1, 2011. That quota was filled within a week, with 697 of 700 applications from China.________________________________________________
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304203604577393841014313050.html
More Wealthy Chinese Said to Prepare Exits
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USA Visas for 500k home purchase:
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2011/10/20/visa-for-house-bill-terrific-toll-brothers-chief-says/
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