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Mission Statement
The Alabama Center for Foreign Investment, LLC (ACFI-RC) is committed to provide quality consulting services to assist individuals in complying with all aspects of the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (“IIPP”), also known as the EB-5 Visa Program. ACFI-RC carefully identifies, evaluates, and selects investment projects which meet IIPP requirements and works with two contract economists from Troy University and the University of Alabama to run the necessary econometric analysis to determine job creation and economic impact as required by the IIPP. ACFI-RC will assist the individual’s legal representative in obtaining the conditional green card and in filing for a permanent green card by assembling the documents necessary to achieve IIPP compliance.
Who We Are
On June 11, 2007, the Alabama Center for Foreign Investment, LLC was officially designated as the Regional Center (RC) for Alabama. ACFI-RC is one of the only two statewide centers in the nation.
ACFI-RC participates in the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (EB-5 visa category), an employment-creation visa program that affords foreign nationals the opportunity to become permanent residents in the United States. See ACFI-RC Approval Letter from USCIS.
ACFI-RC Facts
ACFI-RC’s founders have more than 50 years of combined experience in finance, immigration law, economic development, and governmental relations.
ACFI-RC works closely with statewide, regional, and local economic development organizations to enhance Alabama’s economy and individual living conditions in rural areas and areas of high unemployment. In addition, ACFI-RC may provide foreign capital for troubled businesses, and the expansion of an existing business.
Alabama's Regional Center is currently structured for direct foreign investment (DFI) ranging from USD 500,000 to USD 500,000,000 plus, which can create thousands of jobs, both directly and indirectly, each year.
ACFI-RC is an active member of the Invest in the USA (IIUSA). For more information about this organization and important updates about Regional Centers and the EB-5 program, please visit www.iiusa.org.
Note: ACFI-RC will only entertain queries from accredited investors as defined by federal law.
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What is a Regional Center
A Regional Center (RC) is an entity that has been approved as such by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that serves as a conduit for individual foreign investment dollars to be used for economic development purposes, the creation of jobs, and improved regional productivity in a specific geographic area while enabling those foreign investors with certain incentives as federally provided.
Overview
An ACFI-RC professional will assist the investor with this entire process from start to finish ensuring that all aspects of the program will be carried out as smooth, effective, and efficient as possible. We realize that this process could be a very traumatic experience for someone not familiar with the process. Therefore, our commitment to you the investor, is to assist you from beginning to end, managing your interests in the same manner as our own.
ACFI-RC carefully identifies, evaluates, and selects qualified investment projects for consideration by accredited investors. This selection process may include, but is not limited to, analysis related to financial statements, business plans, proformas, market analysis, econometric models, project principals, etc.
An accredited investor interested in such a project, requests the project's confidential information memorandum, SEC-compliant offering memorandum, limited partnership agreement, subscription agreement for a limited partnership unit, and escrow agreement from the investment project principals.
ACFI-RC then provides documentation for the accredited investor to subscribe to a limited partnership unit and he/she irrevocably commits USD 500,000 to a bank escrow account, pursuant to the escrow agreement. Documents related to the project are signed and returned to the investment project principals. The investor or his/her escrow agent bank is then required to provide evidence of the commitment of funds to ACFI-RC.
Upon such notification, ACFI-RC determines whether the accredited investor has selected an immigration lawyer to file Form I-526 (petition for alien entrepreneur) with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If requested, ACFI-RC will provide a list of qualified immigration lawyers from which to choose so that the immigration process may commence immediately.
This process includes but is not limited to an initial due diligence by ACFI-RC regarding the investor and source of funds. USCIS and DHS also performs due diligence on related matters. Once due diligence is satisfactorily completed by all parties, the I-526 petition is the next step.
If the I-526 petition for an alien entrepreneur is approved, the accredited investor's lawyer notifies ACFI-RC, who then furnishes notice to the ACFI escrow account bank which releases the funds by wire transfer to the investment project in a manner predetermined and agreed upon by all parties. The accredited investor is responsible for making sure that any and all bank wire transfer fees are paid so that no less than USD 500,000 is deposited into the ACFI-RC project escrow account. The accredited investor also wires a fee to a separate ACFI-RC operating escrow bank account for expenses relating to the consulting services provided by the Regional Center.
At that time, the accredited investor and his/her spouse and minor children receive conditional resident status (two years) and apply at a U.S. consulate in their home country, or, if in the United States, submit an application for adjustment of status.
About Alabama
Alabama is one of the fastest growing states in the United States. According to the Alabama Development Office (ADO), over $9 billion was invested in new or expanded foreign industry in Alabama between 2000 and 2006, which generated in excess of 36,000 jobs for Alabamians.
The state’s pro-business climate has attracted more than 300 foreign-based manufacturers from more than 30 nations to Alabama including Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc., Siemens, Michelin, Eaton Corporation, and Goodyear, who successfully operate here.
Most recently the German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG chose Alabama for a UDS 3.7 billion steel plant which is the largest single industrial development project ever in the U.S. It will open in 2010 and will employ 2,700 workers.
The State of Alabama has sixty-seven counties and a land area of 52,423 square miles. Alabama borders Tennessee to the North; Georgia to the East; Florida to the South; and Mississippi to the West. The largest metropolitan cities in Alabama are Birmingham, Montgomery, (state’s capital) Mobile, and Huntsville.
The Alabama Center for Foreign Investment, LLC (ACFI-RC) is committed to provide quality consulting services to assist individuals in complying with all aspects of the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (“IIPP”), also known as the EB-5 Visa Program. ACFI-RC carefully identifies, evaluates, and selects investment projects which meet IIPP requirements and works with two contract economists from Troy University and the University of Alabama to run the necessary econometric analysis to determine job creation and economic impact as required by the IIPP. ACFI-RC will assist the individual’s legal representative in obtaining the conditional green card and in filing for a permanent green card by assembling the documents necessary to achieve IIPP compliance.
Who We Are
On June 11, 2007, the Alabama Center for Foreign Investment, LLC was officially designated as the Regional Center (RC) for Alabama. ACFI-RC is one of the only two statewide centers in the nation.
ACFI-RC participates in the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (EB-5 visa category), an employment-creation visa program that affords foreign nationals the opportunity to become permanent residents in the United States. See ACFI-RC Approval Letter from USCIS.
ACFI-RC Facts
ACFI-RC’s founders have more than 50 years of combined experience in finance, immigration law, economic development, and governmental relations.
ACFI-RC works closely with statewide, regional, and local economic development organizations to enhance Alabama’s economy and individual living conditions in rural areas and areas of high unemployment. In addition, ACFI-RC may provide foreign capital for troubled businesses, and the expansion of an existing business.
Alabama's Regional Center is currently structured for direct foreign investment (DFI) ranging from USD 500,000 to USD 500,000,000 plus, which can create thousands of jobs, both directly and indirectly, each year.
ACFI-RC is an active member of the Invest in the USA (IIUSA). For more information about this organization and important updates about Regional Centers and the EB-5 program, please visit www.iiusa.org.
Note: ACFI-RC will only entertain queries from accredited investors as defined by federal law.
Back to Top
What is a Regional Center
A Regional Center (RC) is an entity that has been approved as such by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that serves as a conduit for individual foreign investment dollars to be used for economic development purposes, the creation of jobs, and improved regional productivity in a specific geographic area while enabling those foreign investors with certain incentives as federally provided.
Overview
An ACFI-RC professional will assist the investor with this entire process from start to finish ensuring that all aspects of the program will be carried out as smooth, effective, and efficient as possible. We realize that this process could be a very traumatic experience for someone not familiar with the process. Therefore, our commitment to you the investor, is to assist you from beginning to end, managing your interests in the same manner as our own.
ACFI-RC carefully identifies, evaluates, and selects qualified investment projects for consideration by accredited investors. This selection process may include, but is not limited to, analysis related to financial statements, business plans, proformas, market analysis, econometric models, project principals, etc.
An accredited investor interested in such a project, requests the project's confidential information memorandum, SEC-compliant offering memorandum, limited partnership agreement, subscription agreement for a limited partnership unit, and escrow agreement from the investment project principals.
ACFI-RC then provides documentation for the accredited investor to subscribe to a limited partnership unit and he/she irrevocably commits USD 500,000 to a bank escrow account, pursuant to the escrow agreement. Documents related to the project are signed and returned to the investment project principals. The investor or his/her escrow agent bank is then required to provide evidence of the commitment of funds to ACFI-RC.
Upon such notification, ACFI-RC determines whether the accredited investor has selected an immigration lawyer to file Form I-526 (petition for alien entrepreneur) with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If requested, ACFI-RC will provide a list of qualified immigration lawyers from which to choose so that the immigration process may commence immediately.
This process includes but is not limited to an initial due diligence by ACFI-RC regarding the investor and source of funds. USCIS and DHS also performs due diligence on related matters. Once due diligence is satisfactorily completed by all parties, the I-526 petition is the next step.
If the I-526 petition for an alien entrepreneur is approved, the accredited investor's lawyer notifies ACFI-RC, who then furnishes notice to the ACFI escrow account bank which releases the funds by wire transfer to the investment project in a manner predetermined and agreed upon by all parties. The accredited investor is responsible for making sure that any and all bank wire transfer fees are paid so that no less than USD 500,000 is deposited into the ACFI-RC project escrow account. The accredited investor also wires a fee to a separate ACFI-RC operating escrow bank account for expenses relating to the consulting services provided by the Regional Center.
At that time, the accredited investor and his/her spouse and minor children receive conditional resident status (two years) and apply at a U.S. consulate in their home country, or, if in the United States, submit an application for adjustment of status.
About Alabama
Alabama is one of the fastest growing states in the United States. According to the Alabama Development Office (ADO), over $9 billion was invested in new or expanded foreign industry in Alabama between 2000 and 2006, which generated in excess of 36,000 jobs for Alabamians.
The state’s pro-business climate has attracted more than 300 foreign-based manufacturers from more than 30 nations to Alabama including Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama, Inc., Siemens, Michelin, Eaton Corporation, and Goodyear, who successfully operate here.
Most recently the German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG chose Alabama for a UDS 3.7 billion steel plant which is the largest single industrial development project ever in the U.S. It will open in 2010 and will employ 2,700 workers.
The State of Alabama has sixty-seven counties and a land area of 52,423 square miles. Alabama borders Tennessee to the North; Georgia to the East; Florida to the South; and Mississippi to the West. The largest metropolitan cities in Alabama are Birmingham, Montgomery, (state’s capital) Mobile, and Huntsville.
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