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BROSSARD · EB-5 FIELD GUIDE

Must I manage the United States company myself to qualify for EB-5?

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THE DIRECT ANSWER

You do not necessarily have to run daily operations. EB-5 requires engagement through managerial responsibility or policy formulation. For a forty-percent interest in a hypothetical Arizona logistics company, identify the decisions you can actually influence before assuming that ownership alone satisfies this requirement.

Match your decision rights to the participation requirement

Ask counsel to identify which voting or policy powers support your role, and whether amendments could remove them. A limited partnership can satisfy the rule through specified partner rights without making you the daily operator. Receiving financial reports alone does not resolve the issue. Check that the agreed responsibilities can be fulfilled alongside your employment and travel plans from Brossard.

Jobs: at least ten full-time positions for qualifying United States workers, with the counting method depending on the investment structure. Under current USCIS policy, however, contributed loan proceeds are evaluated as cash, and there is no categorical requirement to prove the full historic source of the collateral merely because it secures the loan. What the regulation and policy demand is proof of the source and path: an examiner must be able to see where the value originated, which is the employment, and how it became the cash placed in escrow.