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美国移民局审案备忘录更新:就业创造和投资维持都放宽了,都有啥影响

移民帮  · 公众号  ·  · 2017-06-16 21:00

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①再投资要求

先来看15.8.10草案,移民局对于区域中心项目的再投资(Reployment),含混不清,唯一提到的地方是(第七页):

However, if the investment was directed to a job-creating entity undertaking the project presented in the initial filing, the requisite number of jobs were created according to the plan presented with the Form I-526, and the loan made to the job- creating entity was repaid to the new commercial enterprise, the new commercial enterprise may redeploy such repaid capital in another “at risk” activity without causing the petition to be denied or revoked. In that instance, the redeployment of investment funds would not be considered a material change because the facts related to the petitioner’s eligibility, based upon which the petition was filed, did not change or deviate from the business plan.


草案的态度是, 如果你还没获得临时绿卡,但是你已经创造出就业的话,你可以再投资,我不会回过头来拒你的I-526。

不过,虽然移民局没有明确一定要求再投资,但是考虑到排期因素造成的I-829递交时间延迟,再投资的业务逻辑是不可避免的。

在此次17.6.14正式文本中,移民局多次明确提出再投资(further deployment)的概念,并且明确了如何处理再投资的政策。


主要原因在于,I-526获批之后,但是尚未获得临时绿卡,再进行投资,能否还算满足EB-5的要求。主要内容,在第二(就业创造)、第四(I-526审批)和第六章(I-829审批)的章节。

②还款时间

先来看,15.8.10草案中的“投资维持”部分的要求,第四页:


When filing the Form I-829, the petitioner must also include, in accordance with 8 C.F.R. § 216.6(a)(4)(ii)-(iii):

[e]vidence that the immigrant investor invested or was actively in the process of investing the required capital and sustained this action throughout the period of the immigrant investor’s residence in the United States. The immigrant investor can make this showing if he or she has, in good faith, substantially met the capital investment requirement and continuously maintained his or her capital investment over the two years of conditional residence. At this stage the immigrant investor need not have invested all of the required capital, but must have substantially met that requirement.8

The petitioner must show that he or she has continuously maintained his or her capital investment over the two years of conditional residence when filing the Form I-829 petition. INA § 216A(c)(1)(A). In addition, in order to qualify as an investment in the EB-5 Program, the immigrant investor must have actually placed his or her capital “at risk” for the purpose of generating a return. 8 C.F.R. § 204.6(j)(2). Therefore, the continuous maintenance or “sustainment” of the capital investment requires that the capital be “at risk” throughout the sustainment period and sustained in a single new commercial enterprise.

该段话指明的政策,完全出自移民法的条款。主要有三句话:

a. 在递交I-829时,你必须证明你投资了或正在投资;

b. 在递交I-829时,你必须证明在2年的有条件绿卡时期,你还在维持投资;

c. 该投资必须“at risk(在风险状态)”;

再解释就是:

递交I-829前,你不能还钱,递交之后,我没说你不能还钱。

所以,EB5Sir个人一直有一个观点,移民法明确的是,投资款收回不需要等到I-829获批,只需要在递交I-829之时,你还在投资就行了,递交之后是可以抽回投资而不用非得等到I-829获批的。

我们之前之所以一直都在说,I-829获批之前不能还款,是约定俗成,是操作惯例,是不想去挑战移民局政策,也是移民局的通用做法。

再来看看,这次正式发布的,17.6.14政策文本(第五章):


Sustainment of the Investment The immigrant investor must provide evidence that he or she sustained the investment throughout the period of his or her status as a conditional permanent resident of the United States. USCIS considers the immigrant investor to have sustained the actions required for removal of conditions if he or she has, in good faith, substantially met the capital investment requirement and continuously maintained his or her capital investment over the sustainment period. [4] When filing a petition to remove conditions, the full amount of required capital does not need to have been invested, but the immigrant investor must provide evidence that he or she has substantially met the requirement.

#4的脚注:The sustainment period is the investor’s 2 years of conditional permanent resident status. USCIS reviews the investor’s evidence to ensure sustainment of the investment for 2 years from the date the investor obtained conditional permanent residence. An investor does not need to maintain his or her investment beyond the sustainment period.


移民局再次明确:需要证明的是,在临时绿卡的两年期间继续在投资。但是,没有要求I-829递交之后一定要还在维持投资,或者获批之前不能收回投资。

不过, 在#4的脚注中,移民局明确指出: An investor does not need to maintain his or her investment beyond the sustainment period. (在2年有条件绿卡期限之后,投资者不需要继续维持投资了。)

政策没变,移民局明确了所有的逻辑,就是 2年的有条件绿卡期限之后,也就是在递交I-829之后,不需要继续维持投资了。

小帮:也就是说,目前项目基本上都是5年的贷款期限,如果在没有排期的情况下,5年后“应该就可以”还款了。对于投资者来说,整体的返还投资款的周期就大大缩短了。


不过,就 I-829递交之后的还款问题,个人还想指出两点:







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