TEA for Two? Thoughts on Economic Zone Gerrymandering

The hypothetical: You are approached by a client who has a solid business in place, a good history of success; the company is looking to expand production to meet export demand.  Although highly invested in the firm, they need money for the expansion, but the banks are saying "no way, Jose...

Jose E. Latour Mar 18, 2010

Part 3.5- Last 2 minutes of F-1 to Perm Residency Blog

Jose E. Latour Feb 19, 2010

PART 3 -Video: U.S. Permanent Residency for F-1 Students

Sigh...I did it AGAIN.  The third installment went over by a minute so look for 3.5, which is a quick two minutes.I have to get a stopwatch.  I talk SOOOOOO much.Have a great weekend and remember: in addition to the useful information I provide in these video blogs for F-1 students looking...

Jose E. Latour Feb 19, 2010

Video: U.S. Permanent Residency for F-1 Students- PART 2

This second part of the blog discusses the options available to graduating F-1 students with entrepreneurial ambitions.…

Jose E. Latour Feb 18, 2010

Video: U.S. Permanent Residency for F-1 Students- PART 1

This first of three discusses the "traditional" paths to a green card for F-1 students…

Jose E. Latour Feb 18, 2010

Expounding on EB5 Visas in China and H-1B Prospects for Next Year

Reporter Stella Chan recently interviewed me for China Media Net, here are the links to the Chinese articles.  This one discusses conflicts of interest in attorneys and agents marketing Regional Centers in China and what investors need to know: http://www.dwnews.com/gb/MainNews/2010-02/2010-02-...

Jose E. Latour Feb 12, 2010

Commercial Real Estate Financing And Why EB5 Investors Should Care

The Miami Herald published an article today byElaine Walker regarding commercial real estate financing and what’s coming downthe (Turn)pike.  You can read the articlehere but Iwanted to point a couple of things out for those of you close to deciding on anEB5 Regional Center…not just in Florida ...

Jose E. Latour Feb 10, 2010

PART 2: Understanding the Potential Impact of EB5 Job Creation Methodologies

Here you go!…

Jose E. Latour Feb 10, 2010

New EB5 Regional Center Memo: Reading Between the Lines

A few weeks ago I told youthat Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director of Domestic Operations forUSCIS, had published a field comprehensive field memo regarding EB5 RegionalCenter Adjudications, and that the memo rescinded "in its entirety"the January 19, 2005 memo which we've all b...

Jose E. Latour Feb 02, 2010

EB5 Regional Centers: The Rabbit Hole Freefall

I have had a pretty busy week so the blog factory in my brain is a bit backlogged, but I didn't want you to head home for the weekend without a little "immigrant investor food for thought".As you know, the past few months for me have been a pretty deep and full immersion into the worl...

Jose E. Latour Jan 29, 2010