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Mint
07-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
Leading EB-5 Regional Centers to Participate in the 21st Edition of IREX Residency & Citizenship Conclave, Mumbai
Mumbai, India, 7thMay 2025: The 21st edition of IREX will be held on the 9th and 10th of May, 2025, at The St. Regis, Mumbai. The show is a unique platform that offers various options and prospects of international real estate investment, residency and citizenship across the world. The conclave will bring together international real estate companies, residency and citizenship consultants, legal consultants, government bodies, property developers and other stakeholders from all over the world, under one roof. Many of the exhibitors are showcasing the EB5 visa program of the US government that offers fast track green card. The EB-5 Visa Program is an investment-based visa program offered by the US government that offers a path to permanent residency in the U.S. to foreign investors who make significant investments to create at least 10 permanent jobs in the U.S. economy. Launched in 1990, this program enables foreign investors to obtain a U.S. Green Card by investing in a business or real estate project that creates jobs for the U.S. economy. The EB-5 Investment visa requires a minimum investment of USD 800,000 in an EB-5 approved real estate project, fund or business in the United States. The EB-5 investor visa program provides an opportunity for foreign nationals to earn a permanent visa (Green Card) to live and work in the United States providing a path towards US citizenship. Witnessing the growing traction to the US EB5 Investor Visa Program, India is now the second largest market for EB5 in Asia. India has seen a dramatic increase in the number of investors applying for the EB5 Visa as an alternative to H-1B visas. According to the latest data, the number of EB5 Visa applications from India has surged from ~750 applications in 2019 to 10,000+ applications in 2022. Leading regional centers such as U.S. Immigration Fund, CMB Regional Centers, EB5 Capital, Civitas Capital, FirstPathway Partners are showcasing their EB-5 projects and investment options at the upcoming edition of IREX Residency & Citizenship Conclave 2025, Mumbai. The show will have participation from leading EB-5 law firms such as CSG Law to answer questions pertaining to the legalities of investing in EB-5 for Indian Investors. An EB-5 Experts Panel Discussion will also take place during the Conference on the first day of the show to discuss the evolving EB-5 program landscape and strategies for Investors. This panel is sponsored by EB5 Capital and Civitas Capital, the EB-5 Panel Partners of IREX 2025, Mumbai. The 21st edition of IREX is going to be held on the 9th and 10th of May, 2025, at The St. Regis, Mumbai. Girish Mohile, Vice President, CMB Regional Centres states: 'As one of the most experienced regional centers in the industry, CMB Regional Centers brings over 27 years of EB-5 expertise to support our clients. We're proud to have returned more than $1.3 billion in capital to investors across more than 80 EB-5 offerings. The IREX event in Mumbai is always a highlight for us—particularly the engaging panel discussions that bring together thought leaders of the EB-5 industry. We look forward to the event and the opportunity to engage directly with esteemed attendees and prospective investors." Nicholas Mastroianni III, President of the U.S. Immigration Fund says: 'As a leading EB-5 Regional Center, U.S. Immigration Fund is proud to offer premier investment opportunities through projects like Alpine 93/40, a Rural TEA project, and 1 Journal Square, an I-956F approved project located in a High Unemployment Area. These offerings not only meet the USCIS requirements for visa eligibility but also provide investors access to the Opportunity Fund Lender EB-5 financing program. This exclusive loan program helps qualified individuals fund a portion of their EB-5 investment, making the path to U.S. residency more accessible while investing in impactful, job-creating developments.' Civitas Capital Group recently marked its 15-year anniversary and announced its 1,500th EB-5 investor. 'This is a wonderful achievement,' says Daniel J. Healy, CEO and founder of Civitas. Healy said that Civitas takes its pledge seriously to be not only stewards of our investors but also of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program itself. 'It's an immense source of pride that we've been able to help over 1,500 investor families from more than 40 countries invest in the U.S. and begin their path to citizenship, all while creating more than 20,000 American jobs and boosting the economy.' 'Established in 2008, EB5 Capital has raised over $1 billion in EB-5 financing, positioning itself under the top investment issuers in the industry,' says Rhea Nundy, Director – Investor Relations, India at EB5 Capital. 'We have helped over 2,000 investors and their families migrate to the United States. Headquartered in Washington DC, we have a team of over 50 people spread across the globe helping investors from over 75 different countries. We operate with the goal of returning our investors' money on time and with every attempt to minimize risk. Therefore, we offer small-to-medium-sized recession-resistant projects. EB5 Capital's India market representatives will be available during IREX Mumbai to engage with potential referral partners and EB-5 investors, to discuss the current projects open for investment.' IREX is a unique platform that offers a wide range of options and opportunities for international real estate investment, residency, and citizenship across the world. The conclave will bring together 23 international real estate companies, residency and citizenship consultants, legal advisors and other stakeholders from all over the world. They will be offering real estate investment, residency, and citizenship-by investment opportunities in USA, Canada, UK, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Austria, Germany, Malta, Latvia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, the Caribbean, etc. The projects and programs showcased at the event will have an investment size starting from INR 2.5 crores onwards. IREX is organised by GMN Media Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi. The year 2025 marks the 10th year of successful series of IREX shows held in Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. It is India's leading B2C event that has consistently provided a premier platform to investors for global real estate investments and residency and citizenship options.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump and Musk slashing and burning through USAID is unwise - and possibly illegal
For many Americans, the subject of Donald Trump versus the United States Agency for International Development might induce a MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) moment. After all, the agency has no significant domestic role. Its work is obscure, largely unheralded and usually far, far away. So, this is mostly an inside-the-beltway spitting match between an administration hell-bent on shaking up Washington and an agency offering a lustrous menu of help, financial and otherwise, motivated in part by noble altruism and in part by a mission to spread American methods and values throughout the world. When I was a media consultant, I worked under contracts issued by IREX and Internews, two prominent media nonprofits that have spread the ideals and practices of good journalism throughout the world for decades. I drew on my five decades of experience in various news organizations, including CNN, Radio Free Europe and USA Today. I retired in 2014, soon after the current, less admirable trends in broadcast news took root. Most of my work was funded under USAID contracts. My assignments between 2003 and 2010 included: Helping a television station in Podgorica, Montenegro, seeking to be the dominant independent news outlet in that emerging Balkan republic. I taught the owners and staff the basics of TV news gathering, production and broadcasting, as well as the professional and ethical principles that guided my profession during my career. The station enjoyed a good run before it was bought and then closed in 2014. Creating an online news service in Kosovo to provide credible, reliable news scripts for the many mom-and-pop radio stations sprouting in that newly independent state. Last time I checked, KosovaLive was in business. Teaching TV journalism principles to a small class of young Armenian broadcast news professionals who had won a competition to participate. For five weeks, they attended my class every morning to learn about the basics of how to do TV news the right way. Then they produced stories for a simulated newscast they produced. Some of the stories also ran on mainstream Yerevan television stations. The kids were talented and motivated. After the program, they returned to their stations and used what they had learned about professional practices and ethics in their real jobs (if their bosses let them). Helping an Albanian entrepreneur start up his 24-hour Albanian language TV news channel called Alsat. I counseled everyone from executives to studio techs on how to get the channel up and running and how to keep it running in terms of news production and business administration. The broadcast center near downtown Tirana was state of the art, but the owner worried more about profits than professionalism (imagine that) and it eventually folded. Nevertheless, the staffers had profited from real-time experience in hands-on news production with lessons that stayed with them long after Alsat closed. In 2010, creating a sustainable business plan for an Afghan nonprofit organization called the Nai Media Institute. Its mission was to foster professional, independent journalism in Afghanistan, particularly in the surprisingly robust and competitive TV news industry that blossomed after Taliban rule was overthrown. I created a detailed plan for how Nai could survive financially while it provided the Afghan news industry guidance and training to emulate the standards accepted by the world's open societies. It thrived until late January, when it suspended operations without explanation. See Taliban. So, what's the point? These tasks and thousands like them were funded and supervised by USAID. The goal was simple: Teach accepted principles of journalism in countries where new media were emerging or were in danger of succumbing to the corrupt demands of politicians and oligarchs. Free and open news media — that seemed to be a concept most Americans could embrace. Now I'm not so sure. The agency fostering those and other American ideals is being hammered and gutted by an administration whose modus operandi seems to be slash and burn. If the new administration wants to curtail or even dissolve USAID, that's its right. It won the election and its party controls all three branches of government. But there are laws and regulations and court decisions and even — wait for it — the U.S. Constitution that serve as guardrails for such reforms. Trump and Elon Musk (how did I miss his Senate confirmation hearings?) are bludgeoning their way to their political and ideological goals. In the process, they are battering one institution that promotes the very American principles they claim to cherish. USAID, like most government programs, is not perfect. In my work, I saw a number of projects that were misguided or even naive. However, I have to believe the bulk of USAID programs around the world made peoples' lives better and enhanced the reputation and appreciation of the United States. USAID might need some reforms and reorganization, but the current MAGA methods appear harsh and maybe even illegal. It's hard to see which group or institution (Congress? the Supreme Court?) can stop this purge. The Trump administration could probably achieve its goals at USAID and other agencies if it followed the established rules and laws to reach an outcome to its satisfaction. But that takes analysis, planning, time and patience. What's going on now at USAID and elsewhere is not reform, not reorganization. It's a regime's tantrum. It's so disturbing. And so unnecessary. Theodore Iliff is a retired journalist and writer. He lives in Olathe.
Zawya
05-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Top EB-5 experts to present exclusive investment opportunities at IREX 2025 in Dubai
Dubai, UAE: The 20th edition of IREX will take place on 7th and 8th February 2025 at Hotel Taj, Business Bay, Dubai. The event provides a unique platform showcasing diverse opportunities for international real estate investment, residency, and citizenship programs across the globe. The conclave will bring together international real estate companies, residency and citizenship consultants, legal experts, government bodies, property developers, and other stakeholders under one roof. Many exhibitors will feature the U.S. EB-5 visa program, which offers a fast-track pathway to obtaining a U.S. Green Card. The EB-5 Visa Program is an investment-based visa initiative by the U.S. government that enables foreign investors to obtain U.S. permanent residency by investing in projects that create at least 10 full-time jobs. Launched in 1990, this program requires a minimum investment of USD 800,000 in an EB-5-approved real estate project, fund, or business. UAE investors and affluent expatriates are increasingly exploring secondary residency and citizenship-by-investment options worldwide, driven by the region's economic expansion and growing wealth. The recent influx of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) from Ukraine, Russia, and neighbouring countries has further spiked demand for investor visas and second passports. Notably, EB-5 companies report a 40% increase in U.S. EB-5 applications from UAE-based investors over the past two to three years. 'The EB-5 Program is the fastest, easiest, and most secure path to a U.S. Green Card—and citizenship if desired. EB5 United has helped over 1,500 investors and their dependents obtain more than 2,000 U.S. Green Cards. We've facilitated over $1 billion in EB-5 funding by selecting projects with safe investment structures backed by well-capitalized developers. At IREX, we will showcase our USCIS-approved projects, such as Montana-based Yellowstone Club (YC) Phase II and Florida-based Lakefront Estates & Villas, highlighting the benefits of projects with priority processing,' said Brennan Sim, Global Sales, EB5 United. With Dubai emerging as a key market for investor visa options, leading U.S. regional centers are prioritizing the Middle East and Asian markets, offering high-potential EB-5 investment opportunities. Nicholas Mastroianni III, President of U.S. Immigration Fund, stated: 'USIF is proud to bring our expertise and innovative solutions to IREX Dubai, addressing challenges investors face in today's U.S. immigration landscape. Amid uncertainties like H-1B visa limitations and potential EB-5 retrogression, timely investment is critical. At IREX, we'll share exclusive insights into USCIS-approved projects, policy updates, market trends, and strategies for navigating the EB-5 process with clarity and confidence. Our goal is to help investors achieve their U.S. residency goals seamlessly and securely.' Key participants in the show include EB-5 regional centers such as CMB Regional Centers, EB5 United, EB5 Capital, Pine State Regional Center, U.S. Immigration Fund, and Manhattan Regional Center. Leading EB-5 law firms, including Donoso & Partners LLC, will also be present to address legal inquiries from investors. An EB-5 Experts Panel discussion, sponsored by EB-5 Capital and Pine State Regional Center, will take place on the first day of the conference to educate prospective investors about the program. 'EB5 Capital has over 15 years of experience in the EB-5 industry, serving 2,100+ investors from 75+ countries. At IREX, we'll showcase our rural EB-5 project, JF44 Vail Valley Project, a 242-unit multifamily development located near the renowned Vail Ski Resort. We're excited to connect with UAE investors seeking permanent residency in the U.S. through job-creating enterprises,' shared Brian Ostar, President, EB5 Capital. The event's platinum sponsors include CMB Regional Centers, USA; U.S. Immigration Fund, USA; Lux&Easy Residences, Greece; Orilina Properties, Greece; EB5 United, USA. Other notable participants include EB5 Capital, USA; Greca Group, Greece; and Pine State Regional Center, USA, MIBS Group, Greece; Sidwell Wealth Management, Portugal; HomeAbroad INC, USA Real Estate; Ultimate Consultancy, Malta; Manhattan Regional Center, USA; KARITZIS LEGAL – & ASSOCIATES LLC, Greece & Cyprus, and many others. 'CMB Regional Centers, with over 27 years of EB-5 expertise, is proud to have returned more than $1.3 billion in capital to investors across 80+ EB-5 offerings. We're excited to participate in IREX Dubai and engage with attendees at this premier event,' said Matt Hogan, Vice President of Project Development, CMB Regional Centers. 'Pine State Regional Center, a subsidiary of Arkansas Capital Corporation with a 67-year legacy, has successfully financed advanced steel facilities and created over 20,000 jobs with EB-5 investments. At IREX, we'll showcase HYBAR POWER, a renewable energy project supporting the world's most advanced rebar plant. We invite investors to explore this premium opportunity backed by strong government support,' remarked Sebastian Stubbe, CEO, Pine State Regional Center. The conclave will also spotlight international real estate and golden visa and citizenship options from 12+ countries, including Canada, Greece, Portugal, Malta, and the Caribbean Islands, with investment sizes starting at AED 1.5 million. IREX is organized by GMN Media Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, and has successfully hosted 19 editions since its inception in 2015.
