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of the year,” he said. “We are doing this by completely opening
the doors to membership of the association by all Korean
migration agencies and by holding seminars and other events
to introduce the various ways and programs we offer for
cooperation.”
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Ahn is experienced in his field. In 1996, he became a migration
agent and the following year, he established Onnuri Emigration
Corporation Co., Ltd., based in Seoul. Prior to that career, he
worked in international finance for Hyundai Mobis, a car parts
company, and for the Seoul branch of the Bank of Montreal,
among other positions.
Ahn said his Bank of Montreal branch in Seoul was the first in
his country to open an overseas emigration center. Anh is also
a graduate from the English department at Hankuk University
of Foreign Studies. He later served as senior vice chairman of
the department’s alumni association.
Onnuri has achieved success in its field, supporting clients
throughout their emigration process, from their initial
consultation to finally getting settled in within the destination
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country, Ahn said. “We provide all the necessary information
and services to ensure that our clients obtain permanent
residency and are comfortable in their new countries,” he said.
When looking at investor immigration projects in the United
States, Ahn said his prior experience in the banking industry
as a treasurer helps him select and recommend good projects
for his clients.
“This ensures they get permanent residency and then recover
their investments after the investment conditions are relaxed,”
he said.
Since starting its investment emigration program in 2005,
Onnuri has helped more than 100 investors. All of them
have achieved permanent residency and have gotten their
investments back, once restrictions on the money was lifted,
Ahn said.
His company has been expanding recently. It has commercial
and residential real estate teams and is introducing Korean
institutional investors to mezzanine loans and equity
investments within U.S. construction projects.
The emigration marketplace in South Korea is in the midst