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《波士顿联邦储备银行二次发文探讨美国eb5投资移民趋势》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、波士顿联邦储备银行二次发文探讨美国EB-5投资移民趋势 2014年12月上旬,波士顿联邦储备银行在其网站上发表了题为《为移民投资者设立的EB-5签证项目》的文章,作者为布鲁金斯学会的资深专家AudreySinger和ICIC的副总裁KimZeuli。这是继10月亚特兰大联邦储备银行在其官方博客中探讨关于EB-5运行机制之后,又一家联邦储备银行对EB-5项目再次予以重点关注。文章中,作者简要地介绍了美国投资移民EB-5项目的要求和流程,并指出,虽然EB-5项目每年仅签发约10000个签证,但EB-5项目确实为各地提供了就业机会并助力美国经济发展。针对能否实现E
2、B-5项目的根本目的——促进就业,Audrey指出了现有EB-5项目在促进就业上的不足之处,并指出,发挥项目地的本地优势,使EB-5区域中心与当地经济发展机构合作,能够进一步促进并稳定当地就业,并且更好地引导资金流向。此外,Kim还指出,除了投资传统的地产开发项目,利用EB-5项目投资新企业或者引导市中心的开发也是很有价值的选择。 以下是英文原文内容: TheEB-5VISAProgramforImmigrantInvestors byAudreySinger TheBrookingsInstitution TheEB-5visaprogramwas
3、designedtoprovidegreencardstoforeignnationalswhoinvestineconomicdevelopmentintheUnitedStates,especiallyinlower-incomeareas.Understandingoftheprogramisstillevolving,withmorecommunitiestryingtotapwhattheyseeasapotentialsourceofinexpensive,patientcapital. Overview Interestinthefedera
4、lEB-5immigrantinvestorvisaprogramsurgedastheGreatRecessionmadetraditionalbankfinancingmoredifficulttoaccess.Althoughtheprogramwascreatedaspartofthe1990ImmigrationAct,ithascomeintofocusmorerecentlyasdevelopershavebegunexploringEB-5fundingfornewprojects.Foreignnationalsmustinvest$1mil
5、lioninaU.S.business(or$500,000inlow-income,distressedareas)andcreateorpreserveatleast10jobs.Inexchange,theimmigrantinvestorreceivesagreencardorpermanentresidency. AU.S.visaprogramcanbenefitlower-incomecommunitiesbyprovidingagreencardforforeigninvestmentindevelopmentthatotherwisemig
6、htnotbefunded. ThemajorityofEB-5investmentsareadministeredthroughregionalcenters,whichpoolinvestmentsandareauthorizedbyU.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices(USCIS)todevelopprojects.Regionalcentersareusuallyprivateentities,butsomearerunbystatesormunicipalities,andothersarepublic-pri
7、vatepartnerships,ofteninvolvingregionaleconomicdevelopmentorganizations.Theprogramprioritizesinvestmentsinareasofhighunemploymentbyreducingthethresholdfrom$1millionto$500,000iftheinvestmentislocatedina“targetedemploymentarea”(TEA).TEAsaregeographicareasthatareeitherruralorexperienci
8、nganunemploymentrat
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