EB5 Investors Magazine Volume 3 Issue 3 | Page 84

An Interview with Immigration Consultant THOMAS KUT by EB5 Investors Magazine Staff EB5 Investors Magazine: Can we start with some introductory information about your agency? Where is it located and how many offices do you have? Thomas: For 10 years I was CEO of a prominent migration agency in Hong Kong, with several branches in China and in Hong Kong. I have recently transitioned to another company [where] we work with many investor immigration programs, including the Hong Kong investment program, the Macau investment program, and of course, the American EB-5 program. We have been doing this for several years. We are exploring other 82 markets, which include Europe, buying property in countries like Portugal, Spain, and Cyprus. And we are also doing some passport programs in the Caribbean, like St. Kitts and Nevis. I’ve been in the immigration sector for more than 20 years. First, I was involved in the Canada program – the nurse and skillful workers program – this was for independent cases and family cases, and then later they changed to the investment program: buying Canadian funds for $400,000. Since 1995 and onward, China has been changing: people have been getting richer, and as they do they get the idea to EB5 INVESTORS MAGAZINE