programs in the United States. He was also involved in
many club activities, sports competitions and had an
active social life. He liked the free atmosphere, open-
mindedness and diversity of
the American university. He
met new friends who also held
a passion for entrepreneurship
and formed a team to participate
in Environmental Innovation
Challenge. His team designed
a simple device to monitor
and control water usage with a
mobile app. This product won
third place among 23 teams and
received an award of $2,500.
This achievement was a great encouragement for Wu’s
interest in inventing new technology.
was not simple. He spent close to a year gathering the
required materials and then invested $500,000 into
a CMB Regional Center project for expanding a Los
Angeles office building.
"He attended one
of the top tier high
schools where he
ranked among the
top 100 of his class."
STARTING HIS INVESTOR
IMMIGRATION JOURNEY
In order to easier apply for graduate school and to
be able to work in the United States in the future, Wu
began preparing for his EB-5 application in 2014. He
discovered there were many documents that EB-5
Investor Immigrants needed and also that the process
for transferring capital from China to the United States
Wu compared the whole process
of applying for a EB-5 investor’s
visa to taking a high-level class
without official credit. In February
of this year, the United States
Citizenship and Immigration
Services approved Wu’s I-526.
When he first started the process,
he thought he would have his
conditional green card by this
year. Due to the quota of visas granted to immigrant
investors and retrogression, he might need to wait
another two years. Despite the unexpected delay in
applying to be an immigrant investor, Wu has not
changed his mind to stay in the United States. His
current university research could be used in the design
of chips that go into medical devices and he anticipates
to complete his doctoral degree by 2020.
When his green card is approved, he will be able to freely
choose to start his own company or work in the industry
to gain more experience.
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