TOP EB-5 INDUSTRY RISING STARS
SARA WANG Senior Associate Lee & Lee PS
Sara Wang joined Lee & Lee PS in 2010 and her practice focuses primarily on immigration and civil litigation . Particularly , Wang has extensive expertise in U . S . business and investment based immigration visa programs , including EB-5 . She has personally consulted with and filed applications for over hundreds of immigrant families . She also specializes in legal issues faced by the investors once they gained entry into the United States . Wang is often invited as a guest of honor in immigration seminars overseas and other speaking engagements . Prior to joining Lee & Lee , she worked at the King County Prosecuting Attorney ' s Office for six years and between 2005-2008 worked in Shanghai in the fields of media and employment law . Wang graduated with distinction from the University of Washington with dual degrees and received her J . D . from Seattle University School of Law . She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese .
WHAT TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING IN THE EB-5 INDUSTRY ?
As retrogression grows for mainland China born investors , it can be expected ( and we are already seeing ) that the petition amount for EB-5 will drop compared to the 2014- 2016 numbers . Until congress addresses the retrogression issue , the popularity of this program is expected to suffer .
On the other hand , the SEC and USCIS are cooperating and being more vigilant than in the past two years . Due to their influence I believe that the industry will self regulate more and weed out a lot of the poor and fraudulent investment projects , creating a safer environment for foreign investors .
WHY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE EB-5 INDUSTRY ?
By pure chance ! But I soon discovered that it deeply resonated with me . As a child from a business immigrant family myself , I inherently understand the stakes involved with each investor family . This is and can be an anxiety-ridden process for the investors and I look to sooth that using my legal expertise and experience . It takes an immense amount of courage to leave everything familiar behind to start anew in a foreign country , especially when financial investment is also at risk . I deeply believe that my clients deserve to have an advocate who truly cares about what they go through .
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