EB5 Investors Magazine Volume 7, Issue 2 | Page 107

“The United States will always top the list of global immigration destinations” Chinese investor Mike Liu knows his surprisingly smooth EB-5 journey may not be replicated nowadays. However, with the options EB-5 provided to him and his family, Liu still believes EB-5 is the key to the American dream. By Fang Tian W hen Mike Liu embarked on his EB -5 journey in June 2012, he was prepared to wait. After all, the mechanical engineer from China had been on the hunt for an ideal immigration destination for quite some time. He even waited several months to see if the Canadian g ove r n m e n t wo u l d r e s u m e i t s fe d e r a l i nve s t m e n t immigration program, before shifting his focus to the U.S. That’s why he found it nearly unbelievable when his migration agency called one day in July of 2012, only one month after the filing of his I-526 petition, informing him that the case was approved. “My agency told me they have never seen an EB-5 case approved this fast,” Liu said. Many of Liu’s investor friends were amazed by his good luck, he said. Indeed, even by the standard of the good old days when the visa backlog hadn’t struck mainland China, Liu’s case was processed quickly. EB5INVESTORS.COM 107