EB5 Investors Magazine (English Edition) Volume 5, Issue 1 | Page 18

Investing to Give Daughter the Gift of the American Dream Despite having well-paid jobs in Beijing, Shixiong Hu, 36, and his wife, decided to travel across the ocean in 2015 to live the American dream with their daughter. By EB5 Investors Magazine Staff S hixiong Hu was born in the Shanxi province of China. He majored in Civil Engineering at university and made his way to Beijing after graduation to work as an engineer for a design company. He later moved on to join one of the top 50 real estate development c o m p a n i e s i n C h i n a w h e re h e w a s p ro m o t e d to manager of the Research and Development Department. "...We are determined to adjust to our new life and work in the United States." Despite living in Beijing for more than ten years, he was still considered an outsider since neither he or his wife had a Beijing household residency. A situation that would cause them challenges if they decided to make Beijing their permanent home and buy a house. While the couple was expecting their first child in 2012, they began to plan for their future. They decided the best thing to do was to apply for the EB-5 Investment Immigration Visa to immigrate and live in America. EMBARKING ON THEIR EB-5 JOURNEY Once their daughter was born in Beijing, the couple immediately started preparing to apply for the investment immigration program. Despite having 17 EB5 INVESTORS M AGAZINE