the EB-5 program because she wanted her four children to get a
better education than they would in Hanoi. Her oldest child came
to the U.S. for college, and the family was considering applying
for an H-1B visa for him so he could stay in the country after
graduation.
But since he was under 21 at the time, Nguyen learned she
could apply through the EB-5 program so the whole family
could receive green cards.
She went online, researched the program and found USIS, a firm
with offices in the U.S. and Vietnam that coordinates investment
through EB-5. She traveled from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in
October 2010 to visit the firm’s office there and attend a seminar
put on by Chris Loc Dao, USIS’ Vietnam chairman.
“At first I was really concerned about USIS because I didn’t know
if it was a scam or not,” Nguyen said, “because that happened
many times in Vietnam already.”
projects in California communities devastated by the closure of
military bases. It has grown to assist needy communities and
their related local government agencies in 11 states. Because
"I’m so happy that back
then I made the right
decision to do EB-5 and
invest in CMB..."
CMB targets high unemployment areas, its investors contribute
$500,000 rather than $1 million.
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But she was reassured when one of the speakers at the USIS
investment seminar was then-Gov. Jim Douglas of Vermont. In 2012, the family received their green cards. Nguyen’s husband
had been skeptical about the EB-5 process, but once the cards
arrived, he was eager to show them off.
“From that I knew I was choosing the right company,” she said.
CMB started in 1997, investing in infrastructure construction Nguyen was happy her family could move to the United States
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