{"id":112011,"date":"2015-04-28T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/emilio-n-francisco-pdc-ceo-sees-diversification-of-eb-5-investor-pool-as-a-positive-evolution-of-the-eb-5-immigrant-investor-program\/"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:26:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:26:28","slug":"emilio-n-francisco-pdc-ceo-sees-diversification-of-eb-5-investor-pool-as-a-positive-evolution-of-the-eb-5-immigrant-investor-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/emilio-n-francisco-pdc-ceo-sees-diversification-of-eb-5-investor-pool-as-a-positive-evolution-of-the-eb-5-immigrant-investor-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Emilio N. Francisco, PDC CEO, Sees Diversification of EB-5 Investor Pool as a Positive Evolution of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s2pred\"><strong>NEWS SOURCE: PDC Capital Group LLC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COSTA MESA, Calif., April 28, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In response to the surge in EB-5 applications from mainland China, the U.S. State Department has announced a cutoff date for immigrant investors from mainland China applying for permanent residency in the U.S. through the EB-5 visa program, according to PDC Capital Group. <\/p>\n<p> The EB-5 visa is a federal program launched in 1992 that allows foreign nationals to apply for permanent residency in the U.S. in exchange for investing a minimum of $500,000 in a U.S. business. Each investment is required to generate at least 10 jobs. <\/p>\n<p> As of May 1, 2015, Chinese immigrants who filed I-526 forms recently, from May 1, 2013 to the present, will experience a delay in the processing of their I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur) forms. Those who filed their I-526 prior to May 1, 2013 can proceed to the next step in the immigration process.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdccapitalgroup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Emilio N. Francisco<\/a>, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of private equity firm PDC Capital Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdccapitalgroup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.pdccapitalgroup.com<\/a>), said that this development may result in greater diversity of the EB-5 investor pool. &#8220;Companies with EB-5 projects and investment opportunities may approach investors in other countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East,&#8221; Mr. Francisco commented. &#8220;This will make for a more diverse pool of investors coming to the U.S. and helping to create jobs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Beginning in 2011, applications to emigrate through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program surged, with China accounting for more than 85 percent of total EB-5 visas issued. After China, South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan-born China, Vietnam and Russia accounted for the largest numbers of EB-5 immigrants last year. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We are very excited about investors from Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Middle East,&#8221; said Mr. Francisco. &#8220;We believe that greater diversity in the program will be a net positive for EB-5.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> <strong>About PDC Capital Group:<\/strong><br \/> PDC Capital Group, LLC, is a private equity firm specializing in EB-5 investment projects. In identifying and executing new projects, PDC Capital Group&#8217;s goal is success for three groups: success for investors, success for the community where the project is located, and success for its project partners. For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdccapitalgroup.com\/\">http:\/\/www.pdccapitalgroup.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Go to PDC Capital Group&#8217;s Facebook Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pdccapitalgroup\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pdccapitalgroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Go to PDC&#8217;s Twitter Feed: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDCCapitalGrp\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDCCapitalGrp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> *PHOTO for media: Send2Press.com\/wire\/images\/15-0226-Emilio-Francisco-300dpi.jpg .<br \/> *Photo Caption: Emilio N. Francisco, Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer, PDC Capital Group.<\/p>\n<p>News issued by: PDC Capital Group LLC<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/15-0226-Emilio-Francisco-500x375.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"PDC Capital Group LLC\"\/><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/15-0226-Emilio-Francisco-500x375.jpg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/15-0226-Emilio-Francisco-500&#215;375.jpg<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p> # # # <\/p>\n<p><small>Original Story ID: 2015-0428-06 (10186) :: emilio-n-francisco-pdc-ceo-sees-diversification-eb-5-investor-pool-positive-evolution-eb5-immigrant-investor-program-2015-0428-06<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Keywords: immigrant investors from mainland China PDC Capital Group LLC Costa Mesa California COSTA MESA, Calif.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Alternate Headline: Diversification of EB-5 Investor Pool is a Positive Evolution says Emilio N. Francisco, PDC CEO<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>NEWS ARCHIVE NOTE:<\/strong> this archival news content, issued by the news source via Send2Press Newswire, was originally located in the Send2Press&reg; 2004-2015 2.0 news platform and has been permanently converted\/moved (and redirected) into our 3.0 platform. Also note the story &#8220;reads&#8221; counter (bottom of page) does not include any data prior to Oct. 30, 2016. This press release was originally published\/issued: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 16:26:28 +0000<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n<p><code><small>Original Shortcode for Story: http:\/\/i.send2press.com\/OcYvQ<\/small><\/code><\/p>\n<p class=\"s2pred\"><strong>NEWS SOURCE: PDC Capital Group LLC<\/strong> | Published: 2015-04-28 16:26:28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COSTA MESA, Calif., April 28, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In response to the surge in EB-5 applications from mainland China, the U.S. State Department has announced a cutoff date for immigrant investors from mainland China applying for permanent residency in the U.S. through the EB-5 visa program, according to PDC Capital Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"singles-wide.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19937],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases-archive","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":596,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}