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UNITED STATES VISA PROGRAM | 美国签证项目
EDWARD C. BESHARA
THE BENEFIT OF CITIZENSHIP OF GRENADA
There are many foreign national investors and their spouses who are not
citizens of E-2 treaty countries. These investors still desire to enter the U.S.
quickly under the E-2 visa. The foreign national investors have the ability to
apply for citizenship in Grenada for $350,000 to invest in real estate plus
professional fees of an estimated $50,000. The process may take 4 months.
As stated above, adding the E-2 to EB-5 conversion in the U.S., there will be
additional time delays and costs.
Therefore, for the foreign national investor to obtain new citizenship in
Grenada, apply for an E-2 visa and convert the E-2 to visa to EB-5 conditional
permanent residency, the costs are estimated at $3,15 million while the
processing time or delays are between 3 to 4 years. Compared to an EB-5
Regional Center Project, the costs are estimated at $585,000 with the normal
processing time of 2,5 to nearly 4 years to obtain conditional permanent
residency.
The expedited EB-5 Regional Center Project has the advantag