Birch Leaf 31 Miami Regional Center Miami med school getting help from EB-5

With the value of the American dollar down at the moment, investing in the U.S. can be an attractive option for foreign nationals due to favorable exchange rates. An EB-5 regional center in Florida is seeking foreign investors to take advantage of this situation.

The Birch Leaf 31 Miami Regional Center is helping to expand the University of Miami Medical School and is using the EB-5 visa program to help raise a portion of the funds required to complete the project.

The EB-5 visa program gives foreign nationals a unique way to earn their U.S. green card. By investing $1 million in an American business, the foreign investor begins the relatively easy process of becoming eligible for a green card. After that initial step has been completed, all that is required is that 10 jobs are created or preserved as a result of the investment.

The regional center program was created to help foreign nationals invest in U.S. businesses without having to spend as much time directly managing the project. These centers can be government agencies but are more often private entrepreneurs or corporations.