Many South African families have made Canada or the U.S. their home for various reasons including safety, quality of life considerations, the business-friendly environment, world class healthcare and education opportunities.
In this webinar we will discuss some of the avenues open to wealthy South African families looking to emigrate to either country. We will focus on farm and business immigration to Manitoba, Canada as well as the EB-5 investor visa route into the U.S.
Please join Martie Kruger, from Martie Kruger Immigration Canada, and Carel van der Merwe from eb5Marketplace for a discussion that will cover the following topics:
Please register below if you’d like to attend the complimentary webinar.
Please note that part of the webinar will be in Afrikaans
More information
Please direct any further questions to carel@eb5marketplace.com
***
Carel van der Merwe is a South Africa who emigrated to the U.S. in 2001. For the past few years, he has been helping South African families immigrate to the U.S. via the EB-5 investor visa program. Carel works for EB5 Marketplace, a firm that offers an online database featuring multiple EB5 investments with independent investment analysis and ratings on each. In the virtual data room investors can review deal terms, compare strengths and risks, and watch videos about each investment. We make comparing EB5 investments easy and it's free to use.
Martie Kruger is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Africa in 2008. Martie profoundly felt the need for people considering Canadian immigration to have a helping hand from someone that had personally experienced the immigration process. She founded Martie Kruger Immigration Services in 2015 and has been assisting farmers since 2012 with farm and business emigrations to Canada. MKIC has an extensive network of professionals ready to assist you with all your needs to make a successful transition as a farmer to Canada.
Martie is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) and a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants. She recently completed a lengthy term as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Westman Immigrant Services, a not-for-profit organization that helps Canadian immigrants settle and adapt to their new country.
Webinar: Investment and Business immigration programs into Canada and the US
Important Disclosure Information
Terms of Use
AN EB-5 OFFERING IS AN INVESTMENT IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF SECURITIES CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR APPLICANTS TO THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES ("USCIS") FIFTH PERMANENT WORKER VISA PREFERENCE ("EB-5 PROGRAM") AND ARE SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS INVOLVING A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. INVESTORS MUST BE PREPARED TO BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK OF SUCH AN ILLIQUID INVESTMENT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND A TOTAL LOSS OF THEIR INVESTMENT. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT AN INVESTOR'S EB-5 APPLICATION WILL BE APPROVED BY THE USCIS. SEE OFFERING DOCUMENTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.
eb5Marketplace provides information about investment projects throughout the United States that are offered pursuant to the EB-5 program administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS"), created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a program initially enacted as a pilot in 1992, and regularly reauthorized since then, investors may also qualify for EB-5 classification by investing through regional centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.
Investment products are offered through Dalmore Group, LLC, a registered broker-dealer member FINRA/SIPC ("Dalmore"). The USCIS, EB5Marketplace.com, EB5Diligence.com and their respective affiliates are independent from and not corporate affiliates of Dalmore. All investment services offered by eb5Marketplace and associated persons are conducted in their capacities as registered representatives of Dalmore.
Check the background of your broker, Dalmore or its representatives on FINRA's BrokerCheck.
"EB-5 investments" refer to a type of private placement investment, typically created by developers or sponsors in the construction, hospitality, or other job creating industries, that are designed to meet the requirements of the fifth among five Permanent Worker Visa Preference Categories (EB-1 through EB-5) established by the USCIS. Its official title, the Employment-Based Immigration: Fifth Preference (EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program - https://www.uscis.gov/eb-5 to find out more) offers high-net worth non-U.S. persons, including members of their immediate families, the opportunity to obtain U.S. "green-cards" or permanent residence status. One of the requirements of this specific visa category is that the applicant must invest (the minimum EB-5 investment amount is $1.8m, or that amount is reduced to $900,000 if the new commercial enterprise being invested in is located in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA)) in a new commercial business that generates 10+ jobs per investment for U.S. workers. Accordingly, the construction, hospitality, and other similar industries, have responded by designing private placements that raise capital for EB-5 compliant projects. EB-5 private placement investments are high risk investments with a holding period of at least five to seven years and are generally illiquid. The immigrant investor would make such an investment with the placement issuer while simultaneously submitting, typically through their immigration attorney, the EB-5 application to the USCIS.