Investment Vision for the World

Providing US Companies Complete EB-5 and EB-3 Solutions

Since its founding in 2012, Western Regional Center, Inc. (WRCI) has provided U.S. businesses with access to alternative financing and workforce solutions through employment-based immigration programs, including EB-5 and EB-3. With a strong track record that includes a 100% approval rate for its EB-5 project filings, WRCI has earned a reputation for developing and managing well-structured projects focused on regulatory compliance, job creation, and long-term economic growth.

WRCI’s executive management team consists of experienced professionals with decades of combined expertise in asset management, corporate finance, project development, immigration-related investment programs, and business operations. WRCI has worked with publicly traded companies, private companies, developers, and other established U.S. businesses in connection with EB-5 financing and employment-based initiatives.

Project Management

At WRCI, we focus on the core components required to create a successful environment for our clients: due diligence, risk management, and transparency. We draw upon our collective experience and global network to develop solutions that meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. Our disciplined and conservative management approach is designed to support capital preservation, regulatory compliance, and successful project completion.

Project Procurement and Analysis

WRCI applies a rigorous underwriting and due diligence process to evaluate prospective projects, identify potential investment and immigration-related risks, and support compliance with applicable U.S. securities laws, immigration laws, and government agency requirements.

Our goal is to identify well-structured and sustainable opportunities while providing clients with clear, reliable, and transparent information. We continually monitor market developments and emerging opportunities to develop practical solutions that support our clients’ immigration and investment objectives.

Consulting Team

WRCI’s multidisciplinary consulting team includes experienced immigration attorneys, economists, certified public accountants, corporate finance professionals, securities specialists, and former government officials. Together, these professionals provide the specialized knowledge and practical experience required to support complex employment-based immigration matters.

The team’s extensive experience, combined with a strong understanding of USCIS requirements, adjudication standards, and evolving immigration policies, enables WRCI to provide informed guidance and remain responsive to changes within the EB-5 and EB-3 programs.

EB-5 & EB-3 Immigration Visa

Be Part of the USA’s Economic Growth and Future Strength with the EB-5 Program

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

A Path to U.S. Permanent Residence Through Investment and Job Creation

Congress created the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program in 1990 to promote economic growth in the United States through capital investment and job creation by qualified foreign investors. The program is administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, commonly known as USCIS. In 1992, Congress established the Regional Center Program, which allows investors to participate in new commercial enterprises associated with regional centers designated by USCIS to promote economic growth.

Under current USCIS requirements, the minimum qualifying investment is $800,000 when the investment is made in a project located in a qualifying Targeted Employment Area, or TEA, or in a qualifying infrastructure project. A TEA is generally a qualifying rural area or an area experiencing high unemployment. The standard minimum investment for projects that do not qualify for the reduced investment threshold is $1,050,000.

Each EB-5 investor must invest in a qualifying new commercial enterprise that creates at least 10 full-time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers. For investments made through the Regional Center Program, job creation may include qualifying direct and indirect jobs supported by accepted economic analysis.

The EB-5 program may provide a path to lawful permanent residence for the investor, the investor’s spouse, and unmarried children under 21. Following approval of the investor’s petition and completion of immigrant visa processing or adjustment of status, qualifying family members may receive conditional lawful permanent resident status for an initial two-year period. Before the conditional period expires, the investor must file Form I-829 with USCIS to request removal of the conditions and demonstrate compliance with the applicable investment and job-creation requirements.

EB-5 eligibility and immigration outcomes depend on each investor’s individual circumstances and compliance with applicable USCIS requirements. This information is provided for general informational purposes and is not immigration, legal, tax, or investment advice.

Please visit USCIS’s website for additional information on the EB-5 Program.

Job Creation

The EB-5 category requires an investment in a commercial enterprise that will employ 10 full-time US workers. Although the investor’s role cannot be completely passive, he or she does not have to be involved in the day-to-day management of the business unless he or she wants to do so. It is critically important that the investor be able to document the lawful source of investment funds, whether his or her own or funds given to him or her as a gift. The permanent residence obtained by the investor is conditional for two years and can be made permanent upon satisfying USCIS with evidence the investment proceeds have not been withdrawn and the requisite jobs have been created.

The Employment Based Third Preference, EB-3, is an immigrant visa category for permanent residency through employment in the United States. Employers in the United States can sponsor foreign nationals to fill job positions that are unfilled by qualified U.S. workers. There are three categories under the EB-3 program, (1) skilled workers, (2) professionals and (3) unskilled workers.

Please visit USCIS’s website for additional information on the EB-3 Program.

EB-3 Program

Our Partnerships

Seyfarth Shaw LLP – Securities Law
www.seyfarth.com/

Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides thoughtful, strategic, practical legal counsel to client companies and legal teams of all sizes. With more than 850 attorneys in the U.S., London, Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney, Seyfarth offers a national platform and an international gateway to serve your changing business and legal needs in litigation, employment, corporate, real estate and employee benefits. Harnessing a cross-disciplinary group of attorneys, Seyfarth’s EB-5 Immigrant Investment Team (EB-5 Team) advises Regional Centers, developers, entrepreneurs, and lenders on the securities, corporate, real estate, and tax compliance issues that are essential to creating and maintaining successful Regional Centers and EB-5 projects. Seyfarth’s EB-5 Team is led by Angelo Paparelli, one of the nation’s preeminent immigration attorneys and repeatedly ranked among the top 25 EB-5 attorneys by EB-5 Investors Magazine. Seyfarth’s audit and investigative response team is headed by Christopher Robertson, a former senior counsel with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in Washington D.C. The team is supported by a network of experienced attorneys across their national platform and in China.

California Energy Investment Center Regional Center
www.calenergyinvestment.com

The CEIC was approved as an EB-5 Regional Center by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service on August 11, 2009. Under the EB-5 Program the investors foreign nationals qualify for the lower investment threshold of $500,000 because the CEIC designated area qualifies as a Targeted Employment Area (TEA). The CEIC is an EB-5 Regional Center whose focus is on a spectrum of alternative energy and innovative technologies including: Solar Power; Biomass Fuel Conversion; Wind, Water, and Geothermal Power; Waste, Water, and Recyclables Recovery and related Environmental Technologies; Telehealth Technologies, including Remote Patient Monitoring, Data Streaming, Analytics and Security Systems; and Robotics. Certain of CEIC project companies are owned and operated by public companies, which allows investors to track information about the parent company through various means. The CEIC is managed by a full-time staff, including well-known professionals in the field of business planning and job creation.

A Comprehensive and Integrated Set of EB-5 Administration Solution Suites

www.jtcgroup.com/services/specialty-services/eb-5/

JTC provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to EB-5 administration throughout the investment lifecycle. Its specialized services include subscription escrow, fund administration, cosignatory services, fund accounting, investor reporting, and audit preparation. Supported by secure online technology, JTC helps Regional Centers and issuers improve operational efficiency, maintain transparent records, provide investors with secure access to important information, and support compliance with the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act and other applicable program requirements.

Our Success

Contact Us

3 Park Plaza, Suite 1640
Irvine, CA 92614

Tel: (949) 491-8288
Fax: (949) 608-3404

Email: info@wrceb5.com