Investing to Give Daughter the
Gift of the American Dream
Despite having well-paid jobs in Beijing, Shixiong Hu, 36, and his wife, decided to
travel across the ocean in 2015 to live the American dream with their daughter.
By EB5 Investors Magazine Staff
S
hixiong Hu was born in the Shanxi province of
China. He majored in Civil Engineering at university
and made his way to Beijing after graduation to work
as an engineer for a design company. He later moved
on to join one of the top 50 real estate development
c o m p a n i e s i n C h i n a w h e re h e w a s p ro m o t e d
to manager of the Research and Development
Department.
"...We are
determined to adjust
to our new life and
work in the United
States."
Despite living in Beijing for more than ten years, he
was still considered an outsider since neither he or
his wife had a Beijing household residency. A situation
that would cause them challenges if they decided
to make Beijing their permanent home and buy a
house. While the couple was expecting their first
child in 2012, they began to plan for their future. They
decided the best thing to do was to apply for the EB-5
Investment Immigration Visa to immigrate and live in
America.
EMBARKING ON THEIR EB-5 JOURNEY
Once their daughter was born in Beijing, the couple
immediately started preparing to apply for the
investment immigration program. Despite having
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