Looks like several regional center sponsored projects will be the subject of congressional and criminal investigations, while EB-5 visa investors' funds and applications are doomed to be stuck in limbo!

I just read an article released by a Greenberg Traurig attorney who seems to be warning regional centers about a new Congressional Investigation by Senator Coburn, who is now targeting several regional centers.
See link at Another Congressional Investigation targets regional centers.

For those who're unaware, Greenberg Traurig is the SAME law firm that was notorious for the Jack Abramoff scandal, and any Beltway insider can tell you about their reputation. Usually regional centers who've worked with Greenberg Traurig seem to have a rather undesirable track record when it comes to delivering results to EB-5 visa investors. EB-5 visa investors should remember that any entity dealing with Greenberg Traurig should be scrutinised VERY carefully, as the chances of fraud may be exponentially higher with them involved, as they seem to be giving out alerts every so often to folks looking involved in defrauding EB-5 visa investors.

This new investigation follows another scandal which was reported in an article online (see link http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/22/editorial-harry-reids-casino-luck/ ) about Harry Reid and Alejandro Mayorkas helping a regional center raise funds illegally.

Question is: WHY are Senators Grassley and Coburn (see http://www.cis.org/north/sen-coburn-asks-eb-5-questions-uscis-should-be-asking)  targeting regional centers who're defrauding EB-5 visa investors?

In short, the answer seems to be political payback, where the real targets are Senator Harry Reid as well as Democratic Presidential Contender Hillary Clinton. Of course, the action can't be seen to be targeted as part of a political vendetta, so a few other major crooks will be targeted too. As it is, when Harry Reid's name is linked to a casino where it is not very hard to find several securities law violations and immigration law violations, and the link is Harry Reid's son (who happens to be a lobbyist for Nazarian), it does not take a genius to get criminal convictions. When the conduit seems to be a dirty former prosecutor who now sits near the very top of DHS (just search online for "Alejandro Mayorkas + Vignali + cocaine + pardon"), it does not take long to get indictments. In the case of Hillary Clinton's kid brother, it is actually a whole lot easier to find securities fraud, money laundering AND securities law violations, and I believe the indictments will be timed just right for the 2016 presidential election campaign, and it will probably yield convictions of Terry McAuliffe, Anthony Rodham and some other notable names as well as a female African American attorney.

What is the safest way to get an EB-5 visa?

It is quite common for EB-5 visa seekers to encounter unethical and unscrupulous crooks who use a wide variety of marketing gimmicks and fancy sales presentations to defraud EB-5 visa investors. EB-5 visa seekers and immigration attorneys need to ask important questions to get facts that will help EB-5 visa investors in separating the unprofessional and dishonest people from the honest and ethical people.

As a rule of thumb, the safest, fastest and usually most profitable way to get an EB-5 visa is to start a business using either a premium franchise in businesses such as fast food, auto parts, family entertainment centers, child care, car rentals, etc. or non-franchise businesses such as skating rinks, produce markets, banquet halls / conference venues, used car lots, etc.

If someone offers EB-5 visa seekers an investment in a partnership or regional center as a way of getting the EB-5 visa, the EB-5 visa investor should insist on having the securities offering physically mailed or emailed from the US and returned by mail to a US address only, as this makes the issuer liable for compliance with US securities laws and holds them accountable for any fraud, as it is common knowledge that regional center and partnership promoters are heavily engaged in committing fraud against EB-5 visa investors, and having securities sold or offered subject to US laws helps in protecting the interests of EB-5 visa seekers. An EB-5 visa investor should also insist on having the securities offering be of at least $500,001, as this requires the securities issuer to offer CPA audited financial statements, which further helps to detect and prevent fraud.

A simple way for EB-5 visa investors to detect & prevent fraud is to demand the following safeguards from those who offer EB-5 visa related services:

1) A written guarantee by the top 5 officers of the regional center / partnership firm AND the marketer, confirming that they will clearly disclose all material information on an ongoing basis, as failure to do so is classified as SECURITIES FRAUD.

2) A written guarantee that the marketer and regional center / partnership officers will NOT engage in conflict of interest, and will procure goods / services and hire employees in a transparent and competitive manner.

3) A written guarantee to fully refund an investor's fees in case the investor's petition is rejected due to the fault of the regional center.

4) A full disclosure of the amount of capital that the firm's founders and investors have invested and the percentage of ownership stake and profits that they will get.

 Here are some more questions that EB-5 visa seekers should ask in order to make better informed decisions:


1) What is your role and how are you qualified to fulfil that role?

2) What is the license you hold and how does it qualify you?

3) What is your practical experience in EB-5 visa? How many clients have you helped so far and how long have you done so?

4) What is your track record? Have your clients experienced capital loss, visa loss or operating loss?

5) What do you do to help me avoid getting defrauded?

6) Do I fully own and control my business and capital?

7) What is the exit strategy?

8) What is the typical approval time?

9) Are you willing to offer a notarized guarantee saying that you will fully disclose all material facts in an ongoing manner and refrain from engaging in conflict of interest?

10) Do you offer a turnkey solution?

11) Do you expect me to pay for your mistakes, or will you refund my fees in case I'm denied due to your negligence and / or incompetence?

12) Do you have a strict policy of transparently and competitively hiring employees, or do you just hire related individuals who may be less qualified?

13) Do you have a strict policy of transparently and competitively procuring goods an services, or do you  procure them from related parties?

An honest service provider will never expect a client to pay for the mistakes and negligence of the service provider, and will always agree to fully disclose all facts. We believe in honesty, transparency and accountability, and we always put our client's interests ahead of our own, which is why we offer an unconditional guarantee that in case our client is denied due to our fault, we will cheerfully refund their fees. Our professional approach is why our clients have never suffered losses (be it operating loss or capital loss) and is also the reason why our clients have never been rejected.

The above is my opinion, PLEASE consult a qualified attorney for advice to confirm that the above is correct. If you're an EB-5 visa investor interested in getting your green card in a safe, quick and usually profitable manner without any conflict of interest and with easy exit strategies, please contact us. You'll be really glad you did.

Yours truly,
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com

Will states that received heavy snow be unfavourable destinations for EB-5 visa investors? Why should EB-5 visa investors choose Florida?

I read an article about areas that received heavy snow and ice experienced a dual shock on their economies by not only reducing their tax revenues but also breaking budgets that were quite stretched to begin with.See
Will states that received heavy snow be unfavourable destinations for EB-5 visa investors?

Another recent article also discussed how America's harsh winter caused a loss of BILLIONS of dollars to businesses located in areas that received heavy snowfall. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561105/Fragile-U-S-economy-takes-huge-hit-terrible-weather-costing-50-BILLION-thanks-thousands-flight-delays-schools-closing.html

This is a major part of the reason I advise clients to locate their business in Florida, as not only is Florida favourable in terms of business (no personal income tax, low rents, USA's commercial gateway to Latin America, etc.) but it is also favourable in terms of weather, where we rarely see nature disrupt lives to the significant extent that we've seen disruptions throughout the US for states in other parts of the US.

The question is, HOW does this continuous pattern of bad weather affect EB-5 visa investors and why is Florida the best destination for EB-5 visa investors?

Businesses located in areas that see their budgets and economies severely affected due to the weather tend to have lower economic activity and also tend to experience economic losses, whereas businesses in areas with pleasant weather tend to suffer less disruptions. Also, most immigrants tend to favour living in areas with mild weather like FL and not in areas with harsh winters such as NY, IL, etc.

The second important question is, WHAT is the best option for EB-5 visa investors?

In short, the answer is Genuine Direct Investment Businesses.

Advantages of Genuine Direct Investment Business started with our team's guidance:

1. Faster processing and approval times when compared to regional centers.
2. Easy exit strategy.
3. Investors usually get a 15% to 35% annual Return on Equity.
4. Investors usually get Capital gains, whereas regional center investors usually get capital losses.
5. Our clients have a 100% approval rate of I-526 and I-829, while those who choose regional centers or other partnerships don't.
6. Our clients have very little risk as we conduct extensive due diligence and work hard to prevent fraud and conflict of interest, whereas regional centers and partnerships are overrun with fraud and conflict of interest.
7. Full control of business and capital, which helps prevent fraud, conflict of interest and losses.
8. Full transparency and accountability, which is unavailable with our competitors.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com  and join our LinkedIn group 'EB-5 visa - Direct Investment Business'.

If you're an EB-5 visa investor, be sure to hire our team to help you. You'll be glad you did.

Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed RE & Business Broker (CA & FL)
Online: http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com
Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh Phone: +1 407 535 0616

Canada shut down their investor immigration program and Chinese investors are now looking at US to get EB-5 visas using Genuine Direct Investment Businesses!

Canada just cancelled their investor immigration program and for the last 2 days, Chinese Investors have been constantly bombarding me with phone calls.

My first piece of advice to EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy would be to  choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

It is easy for an EB-5 visa investor to profitably generate 10 jobs from a Genuine Direct Investment Business.

I recently read a few posts by anonymous regional center supporters who wish to mislead EB-5 visa investors by claiming that it is very hard to create 10 jobs profitably by investing in a Genuine Direct Investment Business. I can say with 100% confidence that usually, it is very easy to create over 10 jobs PROFITABLY by starting a Genuine Direct Investment Business, and if any of the spineless cowards who doubt me wish to test it, they are welcome to hire my team, put down their money and let me do a practical demo, so that the entire community of EB-5 visa investors see for themselves that Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are significantly better choices than regional centers in EVERY respect for EB-5 visa investors.

Why do Genuine Direct Investment Businesses offer better results than regional centers?

Regional centers are usually rife with fraud and conflict of interest, and they definitely violate securities laws too. As such, they are inherently unsafe, and USCIS statistics prove that only a minority of EB-5 visa investors who apply for permanent green card (I-829) are approved when they apply through regional centers.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy should choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!

Regional Center owners such as Serge Bauer try to lie to, scare and confuse EB-5 visa investors in order to cheat them.

I recently read a misleading post by anonymous posters who seem to be disgruntled regional center owners, who dislike the fact that I educate EB-5 visa investors on how to avoid fraud committed by regional centers and unscrupulous individuals such as Joe Sloboda, David Tashroudian, etc, as well as to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and (usually) profitably. Even Serge Bauer, a regional center owner and supporter, seems unduly concerned about my actions to educate EB-5 visa investors on how to avoid fraud and get their EB-5 visa safely than he is worried about the fact that thousands of lives have been devastated due to the fraud and conflict of interest seen in regional centers (see the post under SLS casinos at https://plus.google.com/112575348683390296230 because Serge Bauer was such a coward that deliberately avoided posting a reply under the same post bearing his name, so that search engine results would not show up with information about his acts). EB-5 visa investors are free to read the post in it's entirety to see whether Mr. Bauer's words are those of an honest man or the words of a crook.

The sad truth is, there are more people trying to defraud EB-5 visa investors than EB-5 visa investors, and it is sad that instead of working to prevent fraud, lawyers are actually trying to commit fraud, and in instances such as this, we can see that an attorney even tried to falsely accuse me of acting illegally, whereas I was acting well within the boundaries of state licensing laws. This shows that Mr. Serge Bauer was not only acting illegally, but he is ignorant of state licensing laws too, and he is not averse to making false accusations to deflect attention from his actual illegal acts. Serge Bauer is concerned that I lied to uncover the fraud perpetrated by crooks, and I believe that he would be doing all EB-5 visa investors a huge favour by reporting me to the SEC for my acts of warning Eb-5 visa investors about fraud, so that the SEC can crack down on even more fraudsters such as a bunch of crooks in Texas.

EB-5 visa investors who wish to avoid litigation, fraud and controversy should choose Genuine Direct Investment Businesses to get their EB-5 visa safely, quickly and usually profitably. Genuine Direct Investment Businesses are usually straightforward and free from conflict of interest, fraud and shady dealings, and usually offer the following advantages over regional centers and direct partnership models such as the fraud & conflict of interest infested offerings offered by E3 Investment Group:

1. Easy exit strategy.
2. Annual ROE that is usually equivalent to over 20% while regional centers usually pay 1% or less annually.
3. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investment Business usually get Capital Gains while those who invest in regional centers usually have capital loss.
4. Faster approvals: EB-5 visa investors who choose direct investments are seeing approvals in 4-7 months, while those who choose regional centers usually see delays of 16-21 months.
5. EB-5 visa investors in Genuine Direct Investments usually see zero fraud or conflict of interest, while regional center promoters such as Serge Bauer will not say if they comply with securities / tax / AML laws and don't commit securities fraud.
6. Higher approval rates of I-526 & I-829 compared to regional centers.

Why do regional centers offer such terrible results to EB-5 visa investors?

The answer is: Regional centers usually waste a lot of money for commissions, and also suffer from conflict of interest, where hiring and procurement of goods & services are from related parties at inflated costs.

As a regional center promoter's interest is in stealing instead of serving their investors, capital losses, low returns, delayed processing due to increased regulatory scrutiny, terrible exit strategies and high percentage of visa loss are inevitable.

EB-5 visa investors must remember an important fact: As licensed RE & Business Brokers, we actually owe a fiduciary duty to our clients. This means that the law requires us to always put our client's interests ahead of our own.

We recommend top ranked franchises instead of risky franchises such as Twistee Treat, Voodoo BBQ, Marcos Pizza, etc.
We don't engage in conflict of interest or conceal material facts.
We advise our clients in ways that help them get their green card (EB-5 visa) in a quick, safe and usually profitable manner, as a failure to do so will jeopardise our professional licenses.
We confidently offer written guarantees of full fee refund in case our client is denied due to our fault as well as written guarantees of freedom from fraud, conflict of interest and full disclosure of material facts.

Our competitors usually don't owe a fiduciary duty to their clients and usually refuse to offer the written guarantees that we confidently offer. Our team is competent, which is why we've no problems offering a 100% fee refund guarantee to our clients in case our clients fail to get their EB-5 visa due to our fault. If our competitors were asked to offer the same fee refund guarantee, they usually refuse to do so as they aren't that confident about the level of their services.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.smartbusinessbroker.com or read our blog at http://eb5-expert.blogspot.com/

Yours truly
Mohammed Shaikh, MBA, CFE, Licensed Business & RE Broker (CA & FL)
Phone: +1 407 535 0616 Skype: Mohammed.Shaikh
Online: The Best choice for EB-5 visa investors!