{"id":20,"date":"2012-04-06T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T00:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nheb5.com\/eb5_visa\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:18:25","slug":"new-hampshire-businesses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nheb5.com\/eb5_visa\/new-hampshire-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (\u201cUSCIS\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/permanent-workers\/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program\">EB-5 Visa Program\u00a0<\/a>serves as a means to aid new, expanding* or troubled** U.S. businesses by providing an opportunity for international entrepreneurs to make equity investments in these businesses.\u00a0 Invest New Hampshire Regional Center was established to enable businesses throughout the state of New Hampshire to gain access to sought after capital while simultaneously forging long-lasting international partnerships.\u00a0 The international entrepreneurs, who become EB-5 Investors through the process, will receive a conditional \u201cGreen Card\u201d when the investment is made.\u00a0 Conditions will be removed from the \u201cGreen Card\u201d when requisite U.S. job creation resulting from their investment is proven.<\/p>\n<p>Invest New Hampshire Regional Center delivers guidance to businesses in all aspects of the EB-5 Visa Program, from business plans to marketing.\u00a0 Furthermore, with job-creation a central requirement of the EB-5 Visa Program (see link above), Invest New Hampshire Regional Center provides the compliance mechanisms necessary to ensure businesses meet their commitments.<\/p>\n<p>While not every business will meet the rigorous requirements of the EB-5 Visa Program, if you would like to learn more about the program and desire to become a business affiliate of Invest New Hampshire Regional Center, please<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nheb5.com\/eb5_visa\/contact-form\/\"> contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>*An expanding business is defined by USCIS as: \u201cthe expansion of an existing business through the investment\u2026 so that a substantial change in the net worth or number of employees results from the investment of capital. 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