Attorney Mark Alan Ivener's Legal Cases

Immigration

Young French National’s Investment from Inheritance

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OUTCOME: I-526 (initial visa petition) filed and approved in about 6 months. Investor successfully adjusted status from F-1 to Conditional Green Card without interview.

A French national in the U.S. under F-1 visa/status invested in a Limited Partnership under an approved Regional Center in a Targeted Employment Area. The invested project was on the demolition, renova ... tion and construction of a new structure comprising a showroom, light-industrial, and professional/tech flex space. Upon completion of the construction, the new facility was leased to various tenants. The Investor invested $525,000 to this project. The investment project created about 560 direct and indirect jobs and each investor of this project was allocated 10 of the jobs created. The Investor’s sources of funds were from his five years of dividends and rental income of his companies and properties in France. The Investor jointly owned with his mother substantial businesses and real properties which vested with substantial assets and income/profit. The Investor’s ownership of the businesses and assets were from the inheritance of his late father, who passed away when the Investor was 12 years old. Through his ownership of the inherited businesses and properties, the Investor received substantial dividends, profits and rental income each year and duly reported and filed income tax in both the United States and in France. A Removal of Conditions application was approved.

Immigration

Japanese Business Executive Invests Compensation and Stock Options in U.S. Warehouse

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OUTCOME: I-526 filed and approved in 1.5 months. Subsequently, the Investor and his family members (wife and children) were interviewed in Tokyo, Japan and received 2-year Conditional Green Card. The Removal of Conditions has been approved.

A Japanese national in Japan invested $525,000 in a Limited Partnership under a Regional Center in a Targeted Employment area. The Project involved the demolition, renovation and construction of a ware ... house/storage complex for commercial /flex uses. Upon completion of the construction, the new structure will house tenants and will create 10 direct/indirect jobs for each of the Investors invested in this project. The Investor accumulated savings from years of employment and sales/redemptions of stocks/ shares to make the $525,000 investment. Investor is President and CEO of a Japanese-owned security and financial consulting company and received over $1.5 million in compensation and exercised stock options in the five-year period prior to making the investment. Investor also has substantial personal net worth including real estate properties, stocks and cash in bank.

Immigration

British National Invests $525,000 in Six-Story Industrial Building

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OUTCOME: I-526 approved and Investor and his family were interviewed at the U.S. Consulate in London and granted the immigrant visas.

A British national in the U.K. invested $525,000 in a Limited Partnership project in an approved Regional Center. The project was for the demolition, renovation and construction of a vintage warehouse ... in downtown area. Upon completion, the warehouse will become a six-story industrial/flex use building for lease. The tenants will include retail, light industrial and office users and will create at least 2,200 direct and indirect jobs in the building and its neighborhood which is sufficient for the allocation of at least 10 jobs to each of the investors in this project. The Investor utilized proceeds from sales and refinance of his real properties in U.S. and in U.K. to make the $525,000 investment. The properties were owned by the Investor and his wife from many years ago. Investor has been in real estate development and vacation home rental business for over 20 years and accumulated a net worth of at least $4 million in real estate properties. In addition, he and his wife received rental income in excess of over $30,000 per month.

Immigration

Filipino CPA Uses Savings, Real Estate to Fund U.S. Immigration

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OUTCOME: The immigrant investor’s I-526 (Initial visa petition) was approved in about 4 months. He and his family successfully completed consular processing and immigrated to the United States in the fall of 2008.

A Filipino national in the Philippines invested in a Limited Partnership under an approved Regional Center in a Targeted Employment Area. The funds invested, along with funds from numerous other invest ... ors, went into the purchase of a piece of land and a building. The building, consisting of 283,000 square feet, will be renovated, improved, and divided into multiple light industrial suites of various sizes for varying needs. The immigrant investor invested $525,000 into this project. The project will create approximately 969 direct and indirect jobs in total and each immigrant investor will be allotted 10 of the created jobs. The immigrant investor’s source of funds was gathered from the refinancing of his real property and through his accumulated employment income savings. The investor had accumulated substantial savings through his lifelong career as a certified public accountant, and in finance, in the Philippines.

Immigration

Savings, Stocks and Options Fund Japanese Software Executive’s U.S. Residency

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OUTCOME: The immigrant investor’s I-526 (initial visa petition) was timely approved.

A Japanese national living in Japan invested in a Limited Partnership under an approved Regional Center in a Targeted Employment Area. The immigrant investor’s source of funds used for the investment w ... as gathered from his personal savings from employment income and investment in stocks and bonds. The funds invested along with funds from numerous other investors, was put toward purchasing land and renovating, improving, and rebuilding, for use as a multi-tenant storage, retail, office, and light industrial facility. The immigrant investor invested $525,000 into this project. The project created 431 direct and indirect jobs in total and each immigrant investor was allotted 10 of the created jobs. The immigrant investor’s I-526 (initial visa petition) was timely approved. He and his family successfully completed consular processing in Japan and immigrated to the United States in May 2007. I-829 Removal of Conditions was filed and in May 2009 was approved.

Immigration

Iranian Uses Real Estate Proceeds to Fund U.S. Investment

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OUTCOME: The immigrant investor’s I-526 petition (initial visa petition) was approved in a timely manner.

A national of Iran, living in Iran, invested in a Limited Partnership under an Approved Regional Center in a Targeted Employment Area. The funds invested, along with funds from other investors, went in ... to the purchase and renovation of several warehouse facilities and created a multi-tenanted mixed-use facility for light industrial and office space tenants. The immigrant investor invested $525,000 into this project. The project has created approximately 444 direct and indirect jobs in total and each immigrant investor was allotted 10 of the created jobs. The immigrant investor’s source of funds was acquired from the sale of real estate in Iran in 2004. The immigrant investor is a successful businessman from Iran whose family runs farms and has real estate investments there. He successfully completed consular processing and immigrated to the United States in 2006. The immigrant investor filed the application to remove conditions and was approved in 2009

Mark Alan Ivener's Legal Cases (6)

Young French National’s Investment from Inheritance

Japanese Business Executive Invests Compensation and Stock Options in U.S. Warehouse

British National Invests $525,000 in Six-Story Industrial Building

Filipino CPA Uses Savings, Real Estate to Fund U.S. Immigration

Savings, Stocks and Options Fund Japanese Software Executive’s U.S. Residency

Iranian Uses Real Estate Proceeds to Fund U.S. Investment