oldjack

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:46PM (#29800208)

EB-5 visa has two investment options EB5 - Direct and EB5 - regional center. The regional center program is in limbo. The EB5 direct is permanently authorized and still running. The key difference between the two is that in regional center you are more of an investor, vs Direct where you should have a management or policy formulation role in the enterprise.

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:25AM (#29792627)

Hard to employ 10 people in gas station or self storage or etc mining!

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:23AM (#29792618)

Yes indeed there are consulting firms and websites listing EB5 investment projects. I turned to hacker news community because this is a place one can get some out of the box ideas :)

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:20AM (#29792595)

I am already in US on a work visa and kids are kind of settled in here!

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:19AM (#29792587)

Seeing first hand how much boba my kids have, this sounds like a good option ;)

Re:Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do? on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:17AM (#29792574)

This was rolled back to $500K after a court ruling. Congress is working on legislation to raise it again and can happen any day!!

https://www.visalawyerblog.com/federal-district-judge-rules-...

Ask HN: Have to invest 500K in a business – what can I do?

Posted by oldjack on Monday January 03, 2022 @08:30PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a not so successful software entrepreneur. Have tried my hands at a few startups but haven't made it yet.I am planning to file for US green card using the $500K investment EB5 visa. The KEY requirements for EB-5 direct investment visa are that: - one invests $500K in a existing or new business - generate and sustain 10 NEW full time jobs for 2 years. this is key! - located in a TEA (...

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looks interesting, will give it a try!

Re:Whats wrong with Google play app review?Internal testing pending fo... on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:44PM (#20822131)

see this https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/21/google-denies-reports-of-u... google has recently updated their review process and probably choked up on it!