Text/Qige Shiguan
Editor/Qige Shiguan
"You avoid me every day, you don't answer the phone, and you can't find me!"
A real estate owner in Beijing Li Degui immigrated to the United States for , and he did not hesitate to spend 400 10,000 . He not only sold the company, but also sold all the properties in his name, almost cutting off his own escape route! However, it took 56 years of time and effort, and the immigration company told him that he could not get a US green card.
What made him extremely angry was that in the past 6 years, the immigration company had always pushed back and forth. made him pay various fees, but in the end his immigration was not successful. Now I keep avoiding him and don't even answer the phone.
Why did Li Degui insist on immigrating to the United States? Will he get his money back in the end?
Li Degui is a small boss who started from scratch, with a harmonious family and a successful career. Now in his fifties, he only has one dream: to immigrate to the United States. After
's wish failed, caused Li Degui's strong dissatisfaction. He had invested in for too long and too much, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. After careful consideration, Li Degui decided to take the immigration company to court.
On February 3, 2016, an angry Li Degui sued Immigration Agency to the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court, demanding that the other party terminate the contract and return his investment money, service fees, and all losses in the past six years. , totaled more than 7.12 million yuan.
Li Degui made a clear list of the expenses included in the 7.12 million yuan.
Among them, the immigration company is required to first return his investment ;
Secondly, there are various expenses incurred by him during the immigration process within 6 years, as well as the loss of application fees ;
Finally, it is because he did not apply for it in time. After obtaining a green card, his son will suffer a high cost of attending middle school and university abroad. The judge
believes that although this is a dispute between Chinese people, to properly hear this case, we need to understand the investment immigration policy of the US government and the specific approval process in practice.
In order to hear the case properly, the judge first investigated the situation when the two parties initially signed the contract.
"They lied to me for how many years it took for the immigration application I applied for!"
Li Degui complained that he now simply hates this immigration company!
Faced with the huge sum of money claimed by Li Degui, the immigration company said that it was in trouble.
The person in charge of the immigration company said that their company had not committed any deception, and had been doing their best to handle Mr. Li's immigration for so many years. Just the day before Li Degui sued them, they were still handling immigration for him. formalities.
And for the entire company, they will not receive commission if the application is unsuccessful. There is no reason for the company to keep refusing to handle it. The
immigration company stated that they had reasons to refuse to compensate , and suggested that Li Degui continue to perform the contract and they would continue to apply for immigration for him.
Is the immigration company telling the truth? But six years have passed since they failed to apply for a green card for Li Degui. How do they explain it?
Why is Li Degui so obsessed with immigrating to the United States? What is it about America that attracts him?
It turns out that the reason why Li Degui spent all his money to immigrate to the United States was because he hoped that his 16-year-old son could enter a prestigious American school as an American.
Parents who love their children have far-reaching plans.
Because the top universities in the United States not only look at the students' grades, but also pay more attention to the students' identity. After a child has U.S. citizenship, he or she can enjoy the treatment of a U.S. citizen.
First of all, children can enjoy the 13-year compulsory education in the United States. In addition, the ratio of international students to local students admitted to universities in the United States is 1:9. This means that it will be much easier for to enter a prestigious school after having American citizenship.
Many universities in the United States will reduce tuition fees for domestic students, and will set up exclusive scholarships and grants , which only locals can apply for.
Li Degui made a rough calculation and found that after his son obtains American citizenship, the cost of studying at university will be reduced by at least half!
In order to help his son transfer his household registration smoothly and study abroad in the United States, Li Degui began to collect various immigration information and frequently attended various study abroad consultation seminars . He also met the person in charge of the immigration company during the lecture.
After learning about Li Degui’s idea of wanting his son to study abroad. , the person in charge of the immigration company, suggested that Li Degui try to immigrate.
Because Li Degui’s son is under 18 years old, he is not allowed to immigrate alone. Therefore, they suggested that Li Degui first go through the immigration procedures for himself, and it would be easier to help his son immigrate later. He also introduced to Li Degui the various benefits that children can enjoy in studying after immigrating to the United States.
Li Degui became very interested after hearing this, and the two had a pleasant chat after the lecture..
Li Degui said: "At that time, I had the idea of letting my son study abroad. After I had this idea, he (the head of the immigration company) happened to say that he could apply for immigration, and then I started to have further contact with him. .”
Li Degui specially investigated this immigration company and found that many people have successfully applied for immigration with their assistance.
Li Degui, who was eager to immigrate, rushed to the immigration company for detailed consultation.
After the immigration company’s explanation, Li Degui learned about the current main immigration methods in the United States.
The first type is relative immigration , which is applicable to foreigners who are related to U.S. citizens or green card holders, they can immigrate to the United States through family relationships;
The second type is employment immigration , applicants If you have an employment relationship with an American company and obtain a valid job position in the United States, you can apply for employment immigration;
The third type is investment immigration.
The immigration company recommended Li Degui to try EB-5 investment immigration . This immigration policy is specially designed for wealthy international people who want to immigrate to the United States.
Applicants only need to invest in American companies , and by creating jobs for American citizens, they can obtain immigration qualifications.
EB-5 investment immigration project only requires investors to prove that the funds invested in American companies are legally obtained. There are no requirements for investors’ age, background, or education. does not even require them to speak English.
The immigration company helped Li Degui do a comprehensive analysis of and . Li Degui said that he has no American relatives and no job in the United States, but he has a private company and multiple properties.
Therefore, judging from Li Degui’s own situation, among the three methods, only EB-5 investment immigration is the most suitable for him. The
immigration company told Li Degui that he would be fine as long as he had sufficient funds to invest in commercial projects. They will help him choose suitable investment projects and ensure that he can successfully obtain a U.S. green card as quickly as possible.
Although Li Degui was tempted, 500,000 US dollars was not a small amount. Although he had money, most of it was real estate. If he wanted to invest in the United States, he had to buy a house or sell a company...
The person in charge of who was good at observing words and emotions noticed that After hearing Li Degui's hesitation about , they persuaded Li Degui that once he could successfully obtain a U.S. green card, his son could apply for a green card through kinship. Children can enjoy various discounts while studying in the United States. In general, is still . Cost-effective .
Li Degui believes that this investment institution is very professional, and he also trusts to introduce him to the relevant person in charge of the project. After weighing the pros and cons, finally decided to join the EB-5 investment immigration program.
On August 14, 2010, Li Degui signed this service contract with the immigration agency and paid 50,000 yuan in service fees.
Then he signed the EB-5 investment immigration application agreement. entrusted an immigration company to help him apply for U.S. investment immigration and get a U.S. green card as soon as possible.
Immigration Company worked hard to expedite the immigration procedures for Li Degui.
US policy stipulates that EB-5 investors only need to meet any of the following investment conditions to apply for investment.
1. Invest $1 million and hire at least 10 employees anywhere in the United States;
2. Invest $500,000 in a nationally recognized low-employment area and hire at least 10 employees;
3. Invest $50 in a specific area approved by the government Ten thousand US dollars can form an economic entity through investment. The economic entity can be either a private entity or an public institution .
The immigration company said that the more reliable investment project at that time was the construction and investment of college student apartments . They have helped many domestic investors successfully apply for green cards.
The project that Li Degui finally chose to finance was the construction of a university apartment building in , Wisconsin. The project is essentially an real estate project . The immigration company told Li Degui that this project was very safe, and that the investment funds would be returned to him in the original amount later.
Compared with returning the funds, Li Degui is more concerned about whether he can successfully obtain a U.S. green card.
In the end, in order to immigrate as soon as possible, Li Degui sold his real estate and added some savings on hand to finally collect 500,000 US dollars. He transferred the U.S. investment money to a college student apartment project, and then submitted an immigration application to the U.S. Immigration Service.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the person in charge to inform Li Degui that he successfully passed the immigration application. The good news of made him extremely happy.
Li Degui submitted the application to the US Visa Center for approval. However, Li Degui couldn't wait for the green card issuance notice. The person in charge told him that the project had been temporarily revoked by the Immigration Bureau and was no longer included in the EB-5 investment project. Suggest him to invest in another project.
This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Li Degui, who was eager to immigrate. He ran to the immigration company to ask for details. The reason finally told by the person in charge made him furious.
The reason why the Immigration Bureau will remove the student apartment construction project from the EB-5 investment project is because this project is "too safe" instead of . The person in charge of
told Li Degui that unexpected situations like also happen with . The investment immigration project is not an ordinary business investment.
If the project can achieve stable profits, the US government will revoke it. Investors need to invest their money in more risky projects in order to obtain immigration qualifications!
Such remarks made Li Degui extremely angry, but in order to immigrate as soon as possible, he could only suppress his anger and change his investment project. The person in charge of
said that most of the investment immigration projects are real estate and technology enterprises. The differences between projects are relatively large, and the investment risk levels are also very different.
Li Degui’s second investment project is American Phoenix Trade City . The investment in the project is relatively high, but the success rate of immigration is high and the approval speed is also fast.
The last failure made Li Degui think more carefully. After two years of trying without success, he no longer trusted the immigration company that much. Before investing in this project, he asked the immigration company to write a guarantee letter for him.
On May 8, 2013, the immigration company issued him a letter of commitment, guaranteeing that Li Degui would obtain a temporary green card before May 8, 2014.
However, after Li Degui invested money in the Phoenix Trade City project in the United States, when he applied for an immigrant visa again, could not wait for a reply. This made him anxious. The immigration procedures were delayed, so Li Degui had to send his son to study in the United States at his own expense, which was a huge expense.
When he applied for immigration in 2010, Li Degui's son was already 16 years old. The U.S. immigration law clearly stipulates that only children under 21 years old can immigrate directly with their parents.
However, it’s already 2015 in the blink of an eye. My son is already over 21 years old and will soon pass the age to apply for immigration. Li Degui didn't even apply successfully for himself, so how could he apply for his son?
So Li Degui went to ask the immigration company why did not fulfill its promise? The person in charge of
said that the immigration application approval letter he received was equivalent to a temporary green card, and once again promised that it would be completed as soon as possible.
However, not long after, Li Degui saw the news that Phoenix Trade City was being investigated by the US FBI! This means that his immigration application failed again!
It took , and the immigration procedures were not completed successfully. Li Degui felt that he had been tricked. , He was so angry that he took the immigration company to court!
During the trial, Li Degui requested to terminate the contract with the immigration company and claimed more than 7.12 million yuan from it.
Li Degui cried out to the police about his experience. He had sold several properties and companies under his name in order to invest in immigration, but now the immigration company is delaying time and time again.
However, the immigration company said that his application was still being processed, and he was stuck at the last step when he was about to succeed. The visa center investigated and found that there was a problem with Li Degui's background, and returned his application letter to the United States. Immigration has adopted . The person in charge of
comforted Li Degui and just asked him to apply again.
However, Li Degui firmly rejected this time. He said that the immigration company was cheating him, and he demanded to terminate the contract and receive due compensation. He said that if the money was left in the bank for so many years, could generate more than 1 million in interest.
On January 23, 2017, the People’s Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing, ruled that the defendant needs to return the plaintiff’s investment of US$500,000 and service fee of 50,000 yuan. As for the plaintiff’s other demands for interest compensation, they were all rejected.
Judge (Song Xiaopei) of the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court was the judge in charge of the case. When he took over the case, Judge Song analyzed the case.
Although Li Degui applied to study abroad for his son, he was the one who signed the agreement with immigration company . Moreover, the agreement clearly stated that you should not make any preparations to go abroad, give up your job, sell your property, etc. before coming to the United States with a visa.
Therefore, when Li Degui's son studies abroad, he needs to bear a series of expenses himself. Li Degui was dissatisfied with this verdict. He went to the Beijing Third People's Court and the Beijing High Court to appeal, but both were rejected.
Li Degui’s experience has sounded a wake-up call for us . Immigration is a complicated matter. Before immigrating, you must learn to avoid risks and coordinate your life and career before and after immigration.
We must understand that there is no 100% perfect country in this world . After successful immigration, there are many people who regret it. and there is no turning back. I hope that friends who have been dazzled by the immigration craze will think twice before committing .
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