and also to listen to the needs and try to understand such needs . I feel very satisfied with such work .
EB5 Investors Magazine : What countries do you help immigrants migrate to on the investment immigration side of your company , and what are the most popular immigration programs that you offer ?
Anna : We used to handle the Australian and Canadian immigration or entrepreneur programs , but in the last six years , we ’ ve focused a lot on the U . S . EB-5 program . Apart from those , we also deal with high-net-worth clients to help with passport programs to the Caribbean countries . That is not a big portion of our business , but there is a growing market trend .
EB5 Investors Magazine : What are the most popular of those programs that you ’ ve offered ?
Anna : The biggest is absolutely EB-5 .
EB5 Investors Magazine : What do you see as the biggest issues facing migration agencies today ?
Anna : The biggest issue is the market because in Canton there is
“ I decided to go into this business because of my educational background , and also because I want to offer the things we are interested in understanding better , and then share that knowledge with people who have such needs .” no regulation ; there is no license for operating such a business . The market has over 3,000 agents . It seems like it ’ s much more competitive , but actually it ’ s a challenge for the agencies on how to comprehensively and professionally answer such needs .
EB5 Investors Magazine : What do you see as the biggest obstacles facing the EB-5 program in particular ? What should be done to address these issues ?
Anna : If we ’ re looking at the business-side — the quotas — I think the waiting time is a bit too long . But to make this industry healthier , we need to really focus on a review taking a look at the impact of those failures and cheating in the market . I would say we need stricter regulations and reviews on a regular basis , and policy-makers need to make everything clearer and easier to evaluate . I think these are the biggest obstacles .
EB5 Investors Magazine : For your clients , what are their major concerns , both generally and specifically regarding EB-5 ?
Anna : I think it is the concern of risk . We have a good record and a lot of successful cases . However , the market offers a variety of different programs , and the clients don ’ t have the knowledge to identify the risks . They have the risk , but don ’ t know how to manage it . That ’ s why this is such a big portion of our business now . They still just rely on friends ’ referrals — previous successful cases . Getting the money out of China is another obstacle today for investors .
EB5 Investors Magazine : What are the biggest obstacles for the expansion of EB-5 in China ? We hear a lot about competition , government regulation , etc . What are your thoughts ?
Anna : The market is already oversupplied , so I don ’ t think it ’ s a great idea to provide more . But there are other trends for those people . They should consider wealth management-related products . Another obvious need in China is the degradation of the renminbi ( RMB ) so they want to get the money out of China . If you have products or services to satisfy that need , that would be great — so don ’ t focus too much on EB-5 .
EB5 Investors Magazine : So then an obstacle is the risk and then getting money out of China . And
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