The Immigrant Investor Program was created back in 1990 to provide targeted stimulation the U.S. economy. What on the surface looks as simple as a standard business investment in return for the EB-5 Visa and status as a conditional permanent resident, is actually a complicated program with a high amount of communication with USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) and regional agencies. If you’re looking at the EB-5 program to get your U.S. visa, you should know about the requirements, how to find a business, and how to properly invest in it in this three part series.

This time, we’ll talk about looking for and finding the right business, and who you should contact to help.

George & Company has been helping owners sell their businesses for over 30 years, and in that time we’ve seen every kind of buyer and seller. A growing trend in recent years has been baby boomer retirees who are looking to sell off their business to fund retirement. Many of these business owners are referred to use because of their need to learn their business’s worth before starting the selling process. From our own experience, backed up by surveys from M&A Today and Rasmussen Group surveys, we shed light on the stall of business owner retirement.

The Immigrant Investor Program was created back in 1990 to provide targeted stimulation the U.S. economy. What on the surface looks as simple as a standard business investment in return for the EB-5 Visa and status as a conditional permanent resident, is actually a complicated program with a high amount of communication with USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) and regional agencies. If you're looking at the EB-5 program to get your U.S. visa, you should know about the requirements, how to find a business, and how to properly invest in it in this three part series.