Special Session on ‘Possibility of gaining a US Green Card through the investment route’ organised by MCCI

Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry in association with LCR Capital Partners organized a Special Session on “Possibility of gaining a US Green Card through the investment route” at the Chamber premises on the 3rd of November. The unique forum explored the various possibilities for an entrepreneur of getting into the US market through the investment route and also obtain a permanent residency and US Green Card, alongside. Mr. Rogeleo Caceres, Chief Commercial Officer & CMO – LCR Capital Partners & Ms. Payal Chitlangia of College Source Consulting were present at the Forum and addressed the gathering.

LCR Capital Partners is a private investment and advisory firm founded by first-generation U.S. immigrants who met at and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1997. LCR Capital deploys EB-5 investments as growth capital in the well-established U.S. franchise industry and in signature real estate and hospitality projects, The EB-5 Investor Visa Program is the fastest, most reliable and a process driven way for high-net- worth investors to secure a US Green Card. The program provides U.S. green cards and permanent residency to an investor and their immediate family (all children up to age of 21) through a one-time secure investment of $500,000 USD (the required investment amount is likely to significantly increase within the next few weeks) into a new U.S. business that creates 10 or more American jobs.

Mr. Rogelio Caceres explained how one can take advantage of the EB-5 Investor Visa Program to have a seamless entry into the US market. Mr. Caceres is the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of LCR Capital and leads the firm’s global EB-5 capital raising activities via LCR’s direct presence in Miami, São Paulo, Mumbai, Cape Town and Dubai as well by developing strategic distribution relationships with leading wealth management firms and local partners in key emerging EB-5 markets.

Earlier, Mr. Vishal Jhajharia, Vice President, MCCI, in his Welcome Address expressed that the EB-5  could be a very useful route through which Kolkata’s business community can connect with the US.