Atlantic American Partners (AAP) has launched its United States EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program in Nigeria.

The program is a convenient means to help potential investors in Nigeria to secure a hassle-free immigration process to live, work, and attend school in the U.S., while also getting a reasonable return on their initial investment.

 The  EB-5  visa  creates  opportunity  for  foreign  investors  to  invest  in  the  United  States  and become  legal  permanent  residents  in  America  with  a  green  card,  along  with  several  other benefits including the ability to travel to one’s homeland from the United States without a visa and ability to sponsor family members for a green card after becoming a citizen.

Also it affords access to low or no cost-  high-quality  primary  and  secondary  public  education;  and  thereafter  public  or  private colleges and universities for participants and their children (21 years old and under, unmarried) at the same cost as US citizens.

Down the road, if the applicant desires, they can apply for US Citizenship and sponsor other family members to move to and live in America.

During  a  business  meeting  to  attract  investors  from  Nigeria,  Managing  Director;  Atlantic American Partners, Daniel Ryan explained in great detail the EB-5 investor visa program, along with its remarkable benefits.

He stated that “the EB-5 visa was introduced in 1990 by the United States Congress and has since enabled a large number of families to live the American dream by granting them permanent residency through investments made  in “trophy” new commercial real estate investments such as luxury hotels, luxury rental apartments/flats, and most recently; high-quality student rental housing at American Universities.

The EB-5 program requires each EB-5  investor  to  invest  $500,  000  in  the  United  States  with  projects  that  Atlantic  American Partners oversees as “trustee” that will yield at least 10 permanent jobs, per applicant, for United States citizens.”

AAP partners with the highest quality property developers in the US. Annually, AAP reviews over 300 investment request submittals from high-quality property developers, and chooses only 3-4 per year, due to strict underwriting criteria and conservative financial strategic investing.

According to Mr. Ryan, acquiring the green card under the EB-5 investment program is a two-part process, with the first step referred to as the “I-526” which is taking  about 18-24 months at present  for  approval;  after  the  $500,000  investment  has  been  made,  along  with  a  $45,000 administrative fee payable to AAP which covers the cost to provide audited financial statements and  all  administrative  needs  for  the  investor  throughout  the  entire  EB-5  process,  including quarterly  newsletter  updates.

  In  addition, AAP  will  assist  the  applicant  in  hiring  a  top-notch international immigration EB-5 law firm, based in USA, that is familiar with African culture and provides  excellent  legal  consultation  and  processing  of  the  actual  USCIS  application documentation.

The immigration attorney will assist in filing the paperwork in this first step in the process, referred to as the “I-526”.

“Following  approval, a conditional green card  is then issued, which provides  the  full benefits of an  actual green card, pending  in due time  the job creation  requirement  is  proven.  After  21  months  from  I-526  approval,  the  investor  with  the guidance by AAP and the immigration attorney can file for the second part of the application process referred to as the “1-829”.

Once the 1-829 application is approved, the conditional green card would then be converted into a permanent green card” he said.

 Atlantic American Partners works for investors by engaging and investing in projects that will ensure job creation, thus enhancing the opportunity of permanent residency.

AAP also offers investors  an  array  of  solutions  to  ensure  a  profitable  and  successful  investment  portfolio including a diversified fund model which enables an investor to own an equal share in a fund invested in multiple projects; not just one commercial real estate investment project, as many of AAP’s competitors provide, lowering the investment risk.

This unique model by Atlantic American Partners not only diversifies investment risk; but also precludes the loss of capital, which in turn helps investors get their money back with profit made through capital gains, along with a 2% annual interest rate paid to the applicant each year (equal to $10,00 per year), when the diversified properties held in each “fund” are liquidated (sold).

AAP is unique  in  the  EB-5 investor  visa  industry  by  including  a  “sunset”  clause  in  the  investment document agreements that state it has the right to sell the assets no later than 6 years after the project has begun.

This is another advantage to investing with Atlantic American Partners.  Atlantic  American  Partners  is  part  of  a  45-year  old  investment  banking  firm (www.ceaworldwide.com) that had been involved more than 40 billion US dollars in equity and debt transactions in a variety of industries and fields in over 100 countries around the world.

 It commenced operations in Africa in early 2018 and has recorded tremendous success in South Africa, Kenya and Ghana; with numerous applications exceeding projection before coming to Nigeria.

To  date,  Atlantic  American  Partners  has  helped  over  600  families  with  their  EB-5 immigration  process,  completed  successfully  29  projects,  invested  more  than  $300  Million ($USD),  and  has  a  100%  approval  rate  on  applicant  I-526  and  I-829  project  immigration approvals.