Program exchanges green backs for green cards

Abstract

As they say, membership has its privileges. Starbucks Gold members get coffee discounts. Costco members get to spend at least $100 per trip no matter what they went for. And loyalists of certain local businesses get first dibs on boat race tickets that actually involve shade. Here’s a new one for you. Members of the EB-5 Visa Program get legal residency--and eventually citizenship--in the U.S. When I first heard about it, I poignantly thought to myself, "Say what?" But I am now enlightened, and admittedly a tad enthusiastic, thanks to a couple of presenters at a recent Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series event.