美国EB-5投资移民行业协会EB5新议案

2015年11月04日 美国移民信息平台



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美国EB-5投移民行业协”,专门为EB-5区域中心目而成立的会制非盈利性行业贸会。会包括来自世界各地的律经纪人、顾问、开商、经济学家、移民中介等等。目前有超290个区域中心及220名会,算得上是名副其的EB-5 行业协会。

IIUSA昨天给国会一份由IIUSA董事会一致赞同且有83%参与投票会员支持的提案。该提案主要强调了EB-5区域中心项目改革的以下四个方面(IIUSA以前的提案中涵盖过此次提案中没有讨论到的部分,所以不再赘述):

1. TEA(目区):高失率TEA必是一个由不超过12个相邻的较小分区或人口普查统计区所组成的地理范或者政治分区。人口零的分区不得被用来接周分区。

2. 最低投资额:TEA-80万美金;非TEA-100万美金(均指区域中心项目)

3. 造就业计算方式间接创造的岗位不受地理区域限制;非EB-5资金对项目所产生的经济影响力将受限;对目前的计算方式所做的改动也将受限。

4. 有效日期:EB-5项目改革将不影响已经递交I-526申请的投资人,即只对未来的新投资人产生影响。确保在9月30日至新法通过并实施前阶段递交案件的投资人仍沿用现行法律。

份提案当然在行内有一定重要性,但也仅仅是众多提案中的一份。在国会通表决前我们谁也不清楚EB-5新法改革的具体措施。能确定的只有一点,那就是—想在价之前做出申的EB-5投人需要立刻行

以下英文提案原文节选

TargetedEmployment Areas (TEAs): High unemployment TEAs must be a geographic area orpolitical subdivision consisting of no more than 12 contiguous census tracts orsmaller subdivisions. Zero population subdivisions may not be used to establishcontiguous connection between census tracts not otherwise connected.

o This proposal ismodeled on the state of California's current approach and strikes abalance between the restrictive approach of S. 1501 and more expansive approach foundin S.2115 which represent the two ends of the spectrum in this debate.

Minimuminvestment amount: Newminimum investment of $800,000 in TEAs and $1,000,000 in non-TEAs.

o Narrowing thedelta between TEA and non-TEA investments should make it more feasible forprojects in either category to raise capital, while the middle ground on TEAsabove would provide sufficient opportunity for urban areas to qualify as TEAs,as happens today in much of California. The $200,000 difference is less thanhalf the difference currently proposed in S. 1501 ($800,000 and $1,200,000) andstrikes a better overall balance in average amount than H.R. 3370, whichproposed $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 as the TEA and non-TEA amounts,respectively. Tobe successful, the EB-5 program must be competitive with global immigrantinvestor programs in price and risk. A balanced two-tier system would help keepthe Program competitive globally while giving both urban and rural areas theability to compete for EB-5 investments.

Job creation methodologies:Nogeographic limitation on indirect job creation, limit on non-EB-5 capitalcontributions to project economic impact, or other changes to how job creationis currently measured.

o The ability tocount indirect jobs in a manner consistent with regional economic developmentgoals and the purpose of the EB-5 Regional Center Program is vitally importantto maintain the utility of the Program. Maintaining the current policy on jobcreation will ensure that the true economic impact of the EB-5Program is taken into account for investors seeking to qualify for theirimmigration benefits..

Effective dates:Programreforms do not apply to any investors who filed an I-526 petition before thedate of enactment (i.e., only applyprospectively to investors).

o Ensuring thatall I-526 petitions are adjudicated using the rules under which they werefiled, including those filed after 9/30 and the date of enactment for newlegislation, is imperative to maintain investor confidence in due process, theAmerican legal system—and as a result -- the EB-5 Program. Any retroactiveapplication of any new rules on investors who have filed I-526 petitions underthe existing rules would be reminiscent of 1998 when new rules from precedentsetting Administrative Appeals Offices (AAO) decisions were appliedretroactively. The resulting situation effectively froze the Program for morethan four years as litigation proceeded and investor confidence disintegrated.The most important difference between 1998 and 2015 is the number of investorswho would be affected, with well over 13,000 petitions currently pending atUSCIS.


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