Chinese Mom’s
16-month EB-5
Journey Makes
Her “One of the
Lucky Ones”
Joann Hu had a smooth EB-5
experience after receiving her
green card in less than 1.5 years
and her investment capital refunded
shortly afterwards.
By EB5 Investors Magazine Staff
O
nly 16 months after Tianji-native Joann Hu filed her
I-526 petition and invested $500,000 into a film studio
in Los Angeles in 2010, her family received their conditional
green cards and settled down in a New Jersey suburb. She
said her EB-5 journey, which started before the retrogression
kicked in, has been filled with good fortune.
“I have to say that I am one of the lucky ones,” she said.
Working as vice president for a government-affiliated
logistics company in Tianjin, China, Hu had high hopes
for her kids’ education long before their journey to the
U.S. began. She sent her son to an international school in
Tianjin with the determination to provide him with the best
education possible. When her son was about to attend 9th
grade, Hu learned about EB-5 from other parents of her
son’s classmates, who had decided to make the move to
other English-speaking countries to further their children’s
education.
“I wanted a complete high school education experience for
my son too,” she said.
STARTING THE JOURNEY AS AN
EB-5 INVESTOR
The Hu family embarked on the EB-5 journey in October of
2010. “I didn’t want the application to cause any gap in the
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