EB-5 Investment with SFM

EB-5 Investment with SFM

Investing through our Partner Regional Centers offers the potential EB-5 investor a most expeditious and relatively safe means for a successful EB-5 investor visa. We believe adjudication of each SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 package is easily understood since all SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC partnerships from the beginning until present follow the same transparent and simple structure. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) adjudicators have received many SFM filings in connection with the Fortune Star Project. EB-5 packages which contain the following elements that you should consider of all Regional Centers when choosing a Regional Center for your EB-5 investment path to the United States.

Look for an Already Proven Approved Job Methodology – EB-5 Investors should be very interested in the details of any EB-5 investment project. The most important element that determines an EB-5 investor’s success in obtaining the permanent EB-5 visa (green card) is the ability to prove that ten new American qualifying jobs have been created by that EB-5 investor’s investment. The SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC approach combines EB-5 capital with non EB-5 capital. This combination of capital, creating a large overall pool of capital for project construction multiplies the job creation impact of the EB-5 investor’s funds. SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 investment partnerships strive to create many more new American jobs than are required by statute. Regional Centers benefit from being allowed to utilize both direct and indirect job creation to support the EB-5 investor’s requirement to create at least ten new American jobs. According to USCIS, lack of proof of job creation is the leading cause of denial for EB-5 investor petitions under the EB-5 program. Typically, by the time EB-5 investors learn that there is a problem with the job creation methodology utilized by the Regional Center they have chosen, it is too late to rectify the situation. The EB-5 investors are already in the investment irrevocably and they may lose their permanent visa altogether. Proof of ten new American jobs for every member of the EB-5 investment should be one of the first considerations of every EB-5 investor!

Look for a Low-Risk Safe EB-5 Investment – In terms of the reliability for return of original capital, we believe SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC partnerships are structured as one of the “most conservative of all” EB-5 Regional Center investments. In the case of a private entity we look for several factors for return of the original investment as well as possible project completion guarantees, the likelihood all funds will be spent, and various collateral obligations. Frequently, SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 investments are secured by a combination of security interests in the investment property, cash flows of the operations, and membership interests within the entities. Many times we require completion guarantees on the project to ensure project spending.

Look for Transparency of EB-5 Investment – EB-5 Investors in SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC Partnerships have a right to access partnership records. Government entity financial records as a matter of public record are also available to the general public, if applicable. Thus our EB-5 investors have insight into the financial records of the partnership and the target EB-5 investment.

Look for Independent Third-Party Audits

  • Financial Information – SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 Partnerships will undergo an independent audit by a nationally recognized accounting firm. The accounting firm will review the partnership financial statements and provide an audit report and opinion available to the EB-5 investors.
  • EB-5 Related Information – SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 Partnerships will also undergo an independent audit through agreed upon procedures by the same nationally recognized accounting firm concerning total capital raised, total return of capital, the number of limited partners, I-526 petition approvals for conditional permanent residency, and I-829 petition approvals for the removal of conditions to permanent residency. Such information is available upon request of SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC Regional Centers.

Does the Regional Center you are considering have a Cap on Business Expenses – Day-to-day SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC partnership expenses are capped. This protects the EB-5 investment from the Regional Center charging unwarranted fees. In a SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC partnership each EB-5 investor is projected to experience only a very modest return on their EB-5 investment. The reasons behind this are simple and logical. Traditionally we make low interest rate loans relative to the market place with high profile borrowers. The interest the EB-5 partnerships receive is structured to cover all day to day expenses with the exception of any “extraordinary” expenses, making the prediction of profitability of the new commercial enterprise somewhat predictable if the partnership follows the term outlined in the loan agreement. However, the General Partner compensation is based upon the foreign national investment amount and independent of any interest earned by the partnership.

Look for a Targeted Employment Area backed by statistical data, not just a state letter and also a TEA that will continue to qualify when the new EB-5 regulations take effect on November 21, 2019 and replace state authorization of TEA status with Department of Homeland Security authorization.

Any $900,000 SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 Partnership will contain real proof that the EB-5 investment qualifies as a Targeted Employment Area. SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC accomplishes these designations without data manipulation, which would risk denial for our client‟s petitions at the I-829. We firmly believe the USCIS should deny a project and its investors at the I-829 stage if it determines the Regional Center manipulated the data to qualify for the lower threshold of $900,000. SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC performs its own analysis and provides this analysis as well as any state TEA letters to the USCIS within the business plan of an I-526 petition.

Insure the Regional Center has authorization geographically – The projects actual sponsoring regional center Florida EB-5 Investments LLC is approved to operate in Florida as an approved affiliate of the Florida EB-5 Investment LLC approved regional center.

Look for a Regional Center with Overall Simplicity of the Program – SFM PARTNERSHIP LLC EB-5 partnerships invest EB-5 funds through a loan agreement with a highly qualified borrower. Daily costs are fixed. There is nothing to sell, rent, or actively manage. The loan return is fixed and the principal has some form of collateralization. The job creation methodology is transparent and USCIS-approved at the I-526 and at the I-829 petition level for many previous EB-5 investors.

 

 

Disclaimer

THIS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO PURCHASE SECURITIES. ANY OFFER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SPONSORED PROJECT MAY ONLY BE MADE PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN OFFERING MEMORANDUM. ANY SALE IN A SPONSORED PROJECT SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND WILL BE OFFERED AND SOLD, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, STATE LAWS AND THE LAWS OF JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE OFFERING WILL BE MADE.