Margaritaville海滨胜地得以进展

根据被Michael Gibson转载于网站上的原作者为Katie Rapone 的8月4日的文章  

南佛罗里达律师楼Hackley & Robertson, P.A. 2011年8月4日宣布Margaritaville好莱坞海滨度假胜地项目将要与2012年1月开始。资金得以通过EB-5项目募集到。该度假胜地将创造3000个就业职位，让人印象深刻。

根据该律师楼律师Keil Hackley的说法，EB-5签证计划成为银行融资的替代方式（EB-5 Visa Program Provides Viable Alternative to Bank Financing）

融资，单单是这个词已经让很多开发商肚子不舒服了 –  但对于南佛罗里达开发商而言还不是如此。“Lon Tabatchnick是一个有远见的 开发商，他使用了一个叫EB-5的联邦移民计划帮助他的最新项目Margaritaville好莱坞海滨胜地开发项目得到融资。”Keil Hackley这么说。

Hackley describes the EB-5 category as a program where, if done correctly, everyone wins. EB-5 (short for the fifth preference employment-based category for immigrant investors) was created by Congress in1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy and to generate U.S. jobs. Reduced to its most basic terms, the EB-5 visa category allows foreign nationals to receive “conditional” resident status ( a “green card”) in the United States for a two-year period upon the investment of one million dollars (or $500,000 in areas of designated as high unemployment) in a U.S. business that creates at least 10 full-time permanent jobs per investor. Provided the investor sustains the entire amount of their investment for the required two years and actually creates the prescribed number of jobs, the condition is removed from their green card and they are accorded “permanent” resident status. As Hackley puts it, “The U.S. government is willing to fast track green cards for foreign nationals willing to put their investment capital at risk of loss and generate jobs for U.S. workers.”

Although the EB-5 visa program has been around for two decades, it’s only been in the last few years that the program has become popular. The downturn in the economy, coupled by the lack of traditional bank financing has brought the program to the forefront. As of July 22, 2011 approximately 164 Projects have been approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). While the EB-5 Program is a good one, Hackley warns that “investors need to proceed with caution, conduct their due diligence and ask the right questions before investing because not all EB-5 projects are created equal.” Some of those questions include: What economic model was used to forecast jobs? How is the investment vehicle structured and does it meet the “at risk” and other EB-5 requirements? Are the offering documents EB-5 compliant? And what is the exit strategy and what is the likelihood that after the green card is issued, there will be a return of the initial investment?

The EB-5 Program may be just what this country needs to stimulate the economy. The Margaritaville Project slated to break ground in January 2012, will create an estimated 3,000 jobs, bring another brand name resort to the City of Hollywood and give Tabatchnick an additional venture to add to his already impressive array of successful development projects.

EB-5 is certainly a program worth looking into. For more information on the EB-5 immigrant Investor Program and information all government-approved Projects throughout the U.S. visit http://www.USCIS.gov.

About Hackley & Robertson, P.A.
Hackley & Robertson, P.A is based in South Florida and practices exclusively in the area of immigration law providing a full range of immigration and naturalization services. The firm handles a wide variety of immigration matters on a daily basis ranging from obtaining US visas for individuals desiring to come to the United States to defending those who may find themselves in deportation proceedings. Hackley & Robertson is known for its ability to obtain US work permits on their clients behalf including temporary US Work Visas, employment based green cards and the EB-5 Investors Visas.