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EB-5 Success Stories

The EB-5 program is full of success stories. The rate of approved applications has nearly doubled for each of the last three years. Originally a pilot program to last for five years the program has been extended five times and most recently this year (on October 28th 2009) for another three years to 2012. There is a movement in congress to make the program permanent.

Every year 3000 visas are allocated to the EB-5 pilot program that specifically authorizes Regional Centers. The entire EB-5 program has 10,000 visa set aside annually. This last year for the first time the EB-5 visa’s approved will exceed 1000.

In the News:

City, county hope to boost Goodyear project with foreign investment
By Jim Mackinnon Beacon Journal business writer

Akron and Summit County are seeking major foreign investors for the Goodyear headquarters project. As part of that, the city and county are taking part in a federal program that dangles high-level visas, offering the potential for permanent residency, as carrots to entice that investment. Public officials are hoping to expand the program beyond the Goodyear project.

SUMMARY: CITY AND COUNTY RECEIVE DESIGNATION TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS TO CREATE JOBS
2009 City of Akron NEWS Releases from the desk of Mark Williamson

Economic Development planners for the City of Akron and Summit County have combined forces to obtain a new tool to promote growth of new jobs in the city and county. Effective immediately, Summit County is among a small number of jurisdictions in the U.S., and possibly, the first in Ohio, to receive a designation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to become a Regional Center that will provide incentives to international investors.