An EB5 investment visa workshop for attorneys and aspiring regional center principals is set to begin Monday, August 30 2010 in Chicago. A two-day event hosted by Wright Johnson, LLC, the workshop will focus on how to go about setting up an EB5 visa regional center and how to begin marketing its projects to prospective investors.According to attorney Joseph McCarthy, a partner at McAdam & McCarthy who is scheduled to speak at the event, the focus of Day 1 is two-fold:
1. Practical Regional Center Issues – Since many attendees are attorneys already familiar with law surrounding the EB5 investment visa program, the emphasis of the workshop will be on practical matters about which both attorneys and others interested in EB5 can benefit.
USCIS application and general procedure for setting up a regional center will receive greater treatment than legal issues, and those in attendance considering the launch of an EB5 visa regional center should have as much to learn from the sessions as attorneys who specialize in investment immigration.
2. Recent Changes in the EB5 Visa Program – "There have been a lot of changes this summer with regard to EB5," says McCarthy, and the sessions to occur on Day 1 will also include a discussion of the new I-924 form released by USCIS to standardize regional center proposals. Stakeholder responses to these new changes will also be considered.
"Regional Center Promotion and Immigrant Investor Procurement" is the title of Day 2 of the workshop, which will focus on the marketing of EB5 investment visa projects. Sessions on this day will be led by Brian Su, an EB5 visa service provider with a wealth of experience marketing immigrant investor projects abroad.
Brian Su was profiled in a recent EB5info.com story about the Chinese government's wariness of immigrant investor program marketing, its increasing presence in the country, and the growing interest of Chinese investors in many investment immigration programs.
"It would be a good session for attorneys and regional centers alike," says McCarthy of the workshop. "We're including business plan writers, economists, and escrow agents" among the speakers planned to make a presentation at the event.
"So the focus isn't totally on attorneys," he explains.
For more detailed information about the event, speakers, cost, and registration information, see the official event announcement under "Events" at EB5info.com.
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