Mona Shah, Esq. Interviewed by US Immigration Podcast on EB-5 Regional Center v. Direct EB-5 Project
Mona Shah & Associates Managing Partner Mona Shah, Esq. was interviewed by Mark Deal of US Immigration Podcast.
US Immigration Podcast is a public interest free podcast online platform, founded by Mr. Mark Deal. The podcasts focus on the business of US Immigration and the impact of Immigration on US business. Through interviews only with leading attorneys in the industry as well as those impacted by US Immigration, US immigration Podcast explores various immigration topics and the journey of foreign nationals as they seek to become employees, executives, entrepreneurs or investors in the business tapestry of the United States.
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Mona Shah, Esq. is the managing partner of Mona Shah and Associates located on Broadway in New York City. She has over 19 years of legal experience, with more than 15 years concentrated in U.S. immigration and litigation. Mona has hands-on experience setting up, working with and establishing EB-5 Regional Centers nationwide, as well as an impressive track record of many years handling complex immigration matters, including private non-regional center investor cases. Mona was voted Top 25 EB-5 Attorneys by eb5investors.com and Top 10 EB-5 Attorneys by eb5info.com. She is also an adjunct professor at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch University.
In this episode you will hear:
- A comparison of the EB-5 Direct investments vs. Regional Centers from an Immigration standpoint
- How Regional Centers make use of “indirect and induced” jobs
- The indirect job risk of the “last investor” in the queue
- How different EB-5 models may work better for various industries (i.e. Hotels vs. Restaurnt franchises)
- How the paperwork may be reduced for Direct EB-5 investments
- Importance of the EB-5 business plan
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