Migration Agent Panel: In the words of Larry Wang, EB5 Investors Magazine’s Los Angeles EB-5
Conference made history as the first U.S. based investment immigration forum to present a panel of
migration agents communicating in Chinese via simultaneous translation. The panel featured insights
from David Chaohui Chen, Visas Consulting Group; Edwin Yanwu Shieh, Shenzhen ADH Migration and
Education Services Co., Ltd.; Kent Shaohuai Qiu, Guangzhou M.C.D. Consultants Co., Ltd.; Larry Limin
Wang, Well Trend United Inc.; Peter Shoulong Zeng, Wuhan Personal Exit & Entry Intermediary Association; and was moderated by Winnie Ng, of David Hirson & Partners, LLP.
4th Annual California EB-5 Conference
Los Angeles • August 2–3, 2015
Thank you to the attendees who participated in the
4th Annual California EB-5 Conference in Los Angeles, hosted
by EB5 Investors Magazine on August 2–3, 2015. The conference welcomed nearly 500 of the most successful regional
centers, attorneys and EB-5 program stakeholders, who joined
keynote speaker House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte
(R-VA-6) and special guest speaker Former Pennsylvania
Governor Ed Rendell for this ne tworking and educational
opportunity. Among the information shared by speakers and
panelists, conference attendees were encouraged to learn
that members of the House continue to pursue a legislative
solution to sustain the EB-5 regional center program, as well
as implement reforms to maintain progress made by projects
currently creating jobs under the EB-5 program.
An EB-5 basics attorney workshop on Sunday set the
stage for the event as a venue for premium educational
and networking opportunities. The sold-out CLE workshop
provided an intimate setting for expert EB-5 attorneys to
teach the intricacies of I-526 and I-829 petition filing. David
Hirson from Hirson & Partners and Jinhee Wilde from Wilde
& Associates led both panels, along with industry veterans
Ali Jahangiri, John Pratt, Reid Thomas, Osvaldo Torres, and
Kevin Wright.
Pat Hogan, president of
CMB Regional Centers,
delivers a welcome
address to participants
at the Sunday evening
pre-conference reception sponsored by CMB
Regional Centers.
Monday’s conference began with the breakfast keynote
address from Congressman Goodlatte. The Hyatt’s vast
Los Angeles room was packed by industry shareholders
eager to hear from Goodlatte, who as the House Judiciary
Chairman has legislative oversight on the EB-5 program. The
Congressman emphasized his support for the program, and
his desire to see the program reauthorized and reformed
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