Foreign Investment & Immigration

For our international clientele we offer our services to you as normal but we also provide:

- Translation services

- E2 and EB-5 Immigration Attorney referral services

- Real Estate Attorney referall services

- Commercial Lender referral services

- CPA , Tax and General Book Keeping referall services

- Health Care referral services

- Education referral services

- Workplace functionality, administration and staffing

If you seek to Immigrate to west Florida for business purposes the Adkins Florida Group is your one-stop shop for everything you'll need. Wether it's locating a business or commercial property for purchase, or it's finalizing your Immigration Documents and registering your children for school, we can help. Our Foreign Investment & Immigration Consultants have the background  and the experience to ensure that you and your family have the highest degree of success during your immigration process.

E2

Individuals who wish to invest in the United States may be able to obtain an E-2 Treaty Investor Visa. The E-2 Visa applicant must be a national of a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce. The purpose of the individual's entry must be to carry out substantial trade, including trade in services or technology, principally between the United States and the treaty country; or, to develop and direct the operations of an enterprise in which the individual has invested; or is in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital, normally over $200,000 but is dependant on the type of business conducted.

For example, if your dream was to purchase or start a construction company, $200,000 dollars would usually not be viewed as 'substantial'.  However, if you were purchaing or starting a coffee shop, then $200,000 would perhaps be seen as 'substantial.'

E-2 Treaty, Investor Visa Eligibility Requirements: The applicant is required to come to the United States to develop and manage the operations of an enterprise in which the applicant has invested or is actively in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital. In addition to the investment in a business enterprise, the investor must be coming to the United States to develop and direct the operations of the enterprise in which he or she has made the investment. The applicant must have more than fifty (50%) percent ownership of the investment, unless the applicant is coming as an employee of the enterprise.

Additional Information: There are no quota restrictions for E-2 Visas. Spouses of E-2 Visa holders are also eligible to accept employment in the United States. E-2 Visa holders are generally admitted for a period of 2 years and extensions can be easily obtained.

EB-5  

The EB-5 visa is intended for use by Immigrant Investors. The EB-5 visa is a United States visa created by the Immigration Act of 1990 and provides a method of obtaining a green card for foreign nationals who invest money in the United States. To obtain the visa - which grants permanent resident status - individuals must invest at least $1,000,000 USD in a business and create at least 10 jobs.

By investing in certain regional centers with high unemployment rates, the required investment amount is reduced to $500,000 USD. This is in accordance to a Congressional mandate aimed at stimulating economic activity and job growth, while allowing eligible aliens the opportunity to become lawful permanent residents. This "Pilot Program" required only $500,000 USD of investment in exchange for permanent resident status. The investment could only be received by an economic unit defined as a Regional Center.

L1

An L-1 visa is a visa document used to enter the United States for the purpose of work in L-1 status. It is a non immigrant visa and is valid for a relatively short amount of time - generally three years. L-1 visas are available to employees of an international company with offices in both a home country and the United States, or which intend to open a new office in the United States while maintaining their home country interests. The visa allows such foreign workers to relocate to the corporation's US office after having worked abroad for the company for at least one year prior to being granted L-1 status. The US office must be a parent company, child company, or sister company to the foreign company.

Spouses of L-1 visa holders are allowed to work, without restriction, in the US, and the L-1 visa may legally be used as a steppingstone to the Green Card under the doctrine of dual intent.

If you would like more information please contact us.