Not very expensive: Invest $500,000 to immigrate to the United States with your family
Special talents will become the highlight of U.S. immigration applications
According to reports, the remaining projects of the U.S. Regional Center Investment Immigration or newly launched projects are considered by the industry to be the last chance for U.S. investment immigration through regional centers. Missing this batch of opportunities will significantly increase the threshold and difficulty of U.S. investment immigration.
Terminology Explanation
"Regional Center" refers to certain investment special zones designated by the U.S. government. Within these zones, the original investment threshold of $1 million stipulated in the immigration bill has been reduced to $500,000, and the proactive investment required to start a business has been changed to passive investment by entrusting funds to regional center investment companies, with funds returned after 5 years, greatly reducing operational risks.
In recent years, almost all applicants intending to apply for U.S. investment immigration have chosen the "Regional Center" projects, which have become synonymous with U.S. investment immigration in the eyes of most investors. WorldWay Immigration consultants indicate that applicants should recognize the importance of seizing the opportunity of the "Regional Center" projects. If they do not act in the next six months, the difficulty of immigration may increase significantly.
Approval of investment immigration has noticeably accelerated
In the eyes of Americans, attracting investment immigrants is referred to as investment promotion. In the context of economic downturn, the U.S. has intensified its efforts to attract investment immigrants. Recent observations by WorldWay Immigration consultants have found that the speed of case review by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has noticeably increased. Recently, nearly 200 domestic applicants have passed interviews and obtained green cards. Among these nearly 200 applicants, the fastest only took 4 months, with an average of 7 months for success. This indicates that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is speeding up the processing of investment immigration cases, especially for domestic applications, due to an increase in the number of visa officers to reduce the backlog of immigration cases and encourage legal immigration, thereby increasing the influx of foreign capital.
Immigrating to the United States is not more expensive than Canada
Due to the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, the asset requirements for investors and the actual investment amount have indirectly decreased significantly. The same $500,000 investment, calculated at the current exchange rate, is approximately 3.4 million Chinese Yuan, which is nearly 600,000 Chinese Yuan lower than last year.
The impact of the financial crisis has led to a significant undervaluation of many assets in the U.S., especially real estate. Currently, U.S. housing prices are at a low point, which is a boon for domestic applicants eager to purchase property.
Comparing investment immigration between the U.S. and Canada, the advantage in housing prices can offset the difference in immigration costs. For example, immigrating to Canada now requires 700,000 Chinese Yuan, while immigrating to the U.S. incurs a deposit interest rate difference of about 1 million Chinese Yuan over 5 years; currently, in San Francisco, known for its strong real estate resilience, a two-bedroom unit costs only $290,000, equivalent to 1.98 million Chinese Yuan, while the same property in Vancouver, Canada, costs 500,000 Canadian Dollars, equivalent to 2.72 million Chinese Yuan, resulting in a price difference of nearly 820,000 Chinese Yuan, making the cost difference for immigration negligible just based on housing alone.
Investment immigration carries risks, focusing on project selection
WorldWay Immigration consultants have introduced that several large investment projects will be launched soon. Investment immigration carries risks, and the focus is on project selection. The Southeast Los Angeles Regional Center has recently launched the "Los Angeles Core Area Bank Comprehensive Loan Program," which is managed by the second-largest domestic listed bank in the U.S. responsible for project selection, credit investigation, risk control, guarantee and collateral, loan disbursement and collection, and financial monitoring throughout the loan process. This is the most popular and safest U.S. investment immigration project among Chinese entrepreneurs.
