Choices of Investment Immigration

Choices of Investment Immigration (Alberta Times) My friend has a company that has been in business for more than 30 years. He wants to retire and sell the company to me. But I don't know if this is a...

(Alberta Times)

My friend has a company that has been in business for more than 30 years, and he wants to retire and sell the company to me. But I don’t know if it’s a good idea to do 1 million investment immigrants, or should I invest 500,000 in an investment regional center? Answer: Regardless of whether you decide to invest individually or in a regional investment center, generally speaking, most individual investments are based on investments of US$1 million (except for areas with an unemployment rate of at least 150% of the national unemployment rate, metropolitan statistical areas, or areas with a population of only 20,000, the amount of individual investments is US$500,000), while most regional centers are based on investments of US$500,000. If it is an individual investment case, you basically have to run the business yourself. If you invest in a regional center, you will be a limited partner and have no right to participate in the operation of the center. There are more than 173 approved regional centers for different projects by the Immigration Bureau. Some regional centers may have financial problems or may have their green card applications rejected. Your friend's company has been in business for more than 30 years and is not a new enterprise (a new enterprise is a company established after November 29, 1990). To qualify as an enterprise for investment immigration, it must reorganize, rebuild or expand operations, and increase its employees or net assets by 40%. Even if you reorganize or rebuild your friend's company so that it qualifies as an investment immigrant enterprise, you will still need to add ten or more U.S. employees (expand operations by 40%). Unless your friend's business is in trouble (the business's net worth has suffered a 20% loss in the past 24 months or 12 months), continue to maintain the two-year job creation requirement for all current employees. If your friend's company was established after November 29, 1990, then it is recommended that you just buy his company's assets for 1 million yuan. It will be easier for you to set up your own brand new company and hire 10 full-time American employees.