Decision-making Process
Timescale
After you have invested and your attorney has submit your visa application, EB5 visa processing is taking approximately 9 months. Processing times vary and we advise that, for planning important issues such as children’s schooling, it is best to allow 12 months.
The minimum period of the investment is approximately three years. Once you have emigrated you may apply to have ‘conditions’ removed after 1 year and 9 months in the USA. Processing takes up to six months.
‘Conditions’ removal means that your investment is no longer tied to your visa. You are now free to sell your investment.
Costs
Please be aware of all the costs:
- In addition to the minimum capital contribution of $500,000, American Life, which typically sells its properties to each Limited Partnership at cost, requires a fee of $25,000 to cover a variety of formation and marketing expenses. These expenses must not be a part of the minimum capital contribution of $500,000.
- The $25,000 is paid to the Limited Partnership, as a part of your capital contribution.
- The agency advisory fee to Taroa Investment Company is $10,000, due upon the investment being made.
- Legal fees vary according to the work involved but are unlikely to exceed $15,000.
- The EB5 visa filing fee, payable to the USCIS, is $1.435 per applicant family.
- The fee to the NVC (National Visa Center) is $380 per applicant.
- Medical examinations are $145 for each adult and $125 for children under 15.
The total fees for a family of two adults and a child under 15 will total approximately $53.000.
Steps before investing
1. In order to receive a prospectus for an American Life EB5 related investment, it is an FSA (Financial Services Authority) requirement that you qualify as an eligible investor.
You may certify on this website. To view the Certification forms along with explanatory notes, please click here.
2. Contact Richard Robinson in London on (0)20 3008 2490 to discuss Certification or any other questions you may have, or to arrange a meeting.
Meetings are informal question and answer discussions where you can discover more about the company's properties as well as information on the EB5 and other visa categories. Meetings are free of charge.
3. Treat this as you would any other significant investment and seek independent professional advice.
4. Review our list of frequently asked questions.
5. Talk to other EB5 visa applicants who have secured green cards. Contact details will be available when we meet.
6. Consider a trip to Seattle to visit the Regional Center, see the properties and meet our tenants and staff.
7. If you wish to secure a place in a specific property you may do so with a deposit of $50,000. This will secure your place for up to 90 days by which time you must fund the balance. If you wish to emigrate as soon as possible, fund the $525,000 to enable your green card visa petition to be prepared and submitted.
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