How EB-5 Benefits the U.S. Economy

Amid the immigration concerns that have recently befallen the United States, many people look to immigration programs, such as EB-5, as potentially resting on the chopping block. While this topic is tough to see past without considerable speculation, it seems unlikely that the EB-5 program will be a...

Jose E. Latour Mar 07, 2017

Benefits of Becoming a U.S. Citizen Using the EB-5

One thing you are always learning about all around the world is that America is “The land of the free and home of the brave.” Being a free nation is not something anyone should take for granted. There are many opportunities that lie within the United States that you should take advantage of. The tim...

Jose E. Latour Mar 06, 2017

Benefits of the EB-5 Investment Program

With everything going on in the world regarding immigration, there seems to be tension everywhere you turn. In our last blog, we went over some changes you may see with the reputable and resourceful EB-5 visa program. It is good to be prepared for the upcoming changes and understand what it may mean...

Jose E. Latour Feb 26, 2017

Look for Useful EB-5 Investments

If you’re looking into beginning an EB-5 investment partnership with a United States company, there are a few things you should look into first. In our previous blog, we addressed the basics of how to detect and avoid a fraudulent or dangerous investment, today we’ll take a more optimistic approach ...

Jose E. Latour Feb 24, 2017

Reassuring Words from U.S. Consulate Ho Chi Minh

Dear AVS Investors and Friends in Vietnam: The Honorable Mark McGovern, Consular Section Chief of the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh, was interviewed last week on Vietnam television and officially confirmed what I’ve been saying since President Trump’s series of immigration orders have triggered conf...

Jose E. Latour Feb 23, 2017

Migration Agents Fraudulently Collecting EB-5 Funds from Investors?

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM AVS: AVS EB-5 has learned from USG sources that online ads marketing AVS EB-5 projects have appeared in foreign online media, posted by parties purporting to represent American Venture Solutions EB-5.  Some of these have been posted by parties with which AVS has never had a relat...

Jose E. Latour Feb 21, 2017

EB-5 Investors: Carefully Research Your Project!

There are few things in life as contemptuous as companies that take advantage of those that trust their money to them, yet throughout human history, we have seen countless creative and inventive ways to funnel large sums of money away from those with good intentions straight into the pocket of those...

Jose E. Latour Feb 21, 2017

Overseas EB-5 “Commissions”: The SEC Elephant in the Room

Over the course of the six years since the USCIS graciously approved American Ventures Solutions as an EB-5 Regional Center, I’ve witnessed competitors raise more EB-5 money in a single trip to China than I can raise in six months of globetrotting.  So why?  Are their EB-5 projects better than mine?...

Jose E. Latour Feb 20, 2017

Most Common Types of Visas

When you are not a citizen of a country, it can feel a bit daunting about how to visit and possibly gain residency. When it comes to traveling into the United States, that daunting feeling is increased and possibly turned into dread. With buzz circulating around the immigration policy, people have b...

Jose E. Latour Feb 17, 2017

Why the EB-5 May Change

One of the best and most streamlined ways to gain residency within the United States is to participate in the EB-5 investor program. For foreign investors, this is the best way to gain access to the great resources and opportunities our country offers. At American Venture Solutions, our EB-5 lawyers...

Jose E. Latour Feb 15, 2017