1. Algorithm for children's overage problem
EB-5 Principal applicants can apply for spouses and children under the age of 2 1 year.
According to the American Child Identity Protection Act, the age of accompanying children is frozen during the approval of I-526 (that is, this time is not counted), and once I-526 is approved, the age of children will continue to increase during the waiting process until they apply for a green card at the Guangzhou Consulate. If you are under 2 1 year old at this time, you will have the opportunity to get the green card of the main applicant.
In other words, the longer I-526 is approved, the longer the child's age can be frozen. The current average time is about 16 months. But please remember, it doesn't mean that your application takes about 16 months, and it is very common to get approval in a few months. To be on the safe side, I-526 can only be estimated for one year at most.
2. Calculation of safe age
So, if we start today, if all policies remain unchanged:
If the timetable is five years, then (21-5+1) =17 is the safe age.
If the timetable is 6 years, then the safe age is (21-6+1) =16 years old.
If the timetable is seven years, then (21-7+1) =15 is the safe age.
So, if you start applying for EB-5 today, if your child is close to the above age, you can carefully consider who will be the main applicant.
3. Family migration, children are preferred.
Why is there only one child in a walking family? Before knowing whether or how EB-5 policy can be adjusted, I'm afraid we should take the most conservative approach to ensure that children can go as the top priority.
At the same time, just because children go first doesn't mean adults can't go. Children can apply for naturalization and apply for a green card for their parents five years after they get a conditional green card. Because there is no quota for American citizens to apply for a green card for their parents, it is easy for parents to get a green card, and there is no schedule! At the same time, my parents have not retired in recent years, and their careers are still in China, which can avoid the pain of handling cards in China and the United States. Why not?
Of course, it is a dilemma for families with two children. The older child is close to over age, or you can apply for two EB-5 applications.
Extended reading: the legal and policy advantages of American green card
1. Child Birth: Any child born in the United States by anyone in the United States (including illegal immigrants) is regarded as an American citizen and holds an American passport. No matter how old people are, they are not restricted to stay outside the United States and are free to enter and leave the United States for life. /kloc-citizens aged 0/8 will legally enjoy all the rights and interests of American citizens after taking the oath. 2 1 year-old, can apply for American immigration for spouse, children and parents.
2. Tuition for primary and secondary schools: 18 Before going to college, all primary and secondary schools in the United States implemented compulsory education, that is, zero tuition (except aristocratic and private boarding schools). In contrast, at present, the relevant institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou spend more than $30,000 for primary and secondary school students to study in the United States for one year.
When primary and middle school students who have just arrived in the United States can't keep up with ordinary courses, many places in the United States have targeted English make-up classes. There are full-time teachers who tutor students every day until their English improves and they can keep up with ordinary courses at no extra charge.
3. University tuition: Only local people pay tuition (including master students and doctoral students). Take California for example. In a medium-level California public university, foreign students have to pay more than $20,000 a year, while "locals" only need to pay more than $3,000 a year.
4. Scholarships: For ordinary China people who intend to apply for American university scholarships, they can only compete with outstanding people from all over the world for very limited scholarship places open to foreigners. But for people with green cards, the scope of scholarships is far from what a foreigner can apply for.
And its competitors are only Native Americans. Because many scholarship institutions in the United States limit scholarships to "Americans" (people with permanent residency in the United States).
5. Student loans: Green card holders above 18 can apply for various student loans in the year when they get their green cards. Like the excellent private universities in the United States, the annual tuition and living expenses are as high as more than 40 thousand dollars. When a green card holder wants to study for a two-year master's degree, he can lend $60,000 to $70,000 at a time.
6. Benefits for immediate family members: Green card holders can apply for a green card for their spouses and their minor children under 2 1 year old after they get married with foreigners.
7. The government helps to find jobs: The U.S. government has specialized agencies in various places to find jobs for its own people free of charge. As long as green card holders register their skills, specialties and interests in this department, this department will find jobs for those who register for free. At the same time, the department also provides free basic skills (such as computer, English, etc.) training for job seekers. ) to help them find jobs.
8. Freedom of employment: Green card holders are not restricted from working in the United States. In order to protect the interests of Americans, many jobs in the United States (high-tech, biochemical, military and other research, production, security work) are not open to foreigners, even if foreigners have corresponding knowledge and expertise.
9. Changes in the value of the labor force: The value of talents with the same skills in the American labor market is obviously different according to whether they have a "green card", and the gap ranges from 50% to several hundred%. For example, a coach who successfully applied for a job in our company, when she didn't have a green card, her starting salary was 45 thousand dollars a year, but with a green card, her starting salary became 85 thousand dollars.
10. Preferential policies for starting a company: Unlike many developing countries, foreign companies in the United States are subject to more restrictions, while locals (green cards or citizens) can enjoy many preferential policies for starting a company, such as company types, loans, taxes, business projects and so on.
1 1. Travel around the world: American green card holders can avoid the trouble of being refused visas in most countries around the world (almost all European and American countries), and they can achieve "global communication" with their green cards and "white papers". This gives you limited freedom to plan your life and career around the world.
12. Return to China for investment: Once you get the green card of the United States, you will be regarded as an overseas Chinese by the China government and return to China to register your company. The company is an American company, and the joint venture company is a Sino-American joint venture. Investment is regarded as foreign capital and enjoys relevant preferential policies. If you are cheated in investing abroad, you can also find the local American embassy to coordinate and solve it.