Franchise

Franchise Investment for EB-5

One in twelve businesses in the United States is a franchise, with over 600,000 businesses generating over $950 billion dollars in annual sales. Pursuant to State law, a franchise must register its updated Disclosure Statement with the State of California. These disclosure statements must meet specific Franchise Law  requirements, providing financial, operational, and other detailed information. However, registration with the State does not mean the contents (such as financials) of the statement was evaluated and approved by the State. An experienced law firm must analyze the statement, conduct site inspections and conduct multiple interviews, to complete the due diligence process.

The superior benefit of franchise businesses in the immigration setting, is a proven system with corporate support and training. Compared to “Regional Center” investment that many law office promote, which involves the uncertainty, delays, and the unpredictable nature of expenses in constructing Regional Centers, franchises offer significant advantages and a significantly higher probability of success. One well-known immigration lawyer was interviewed on the LA-18 Chinese TV show, and uncomfortably  admitted that the success rate of Regional Centers are only around the 10% to 15%. Nevertheless, his law office, and his recommendation on the TV show, was to recommend his clients to invest in Regional Centers. We, as prudent investors, must understand the questionable logic and motive behind his contradicting advice.

First and foremost, a lawyer’s mission is to advance the best interest of his clients. Why would any lawyer recommend an avenue of investment that only has a 10% success rate?  The answer is unfortunately very simple. Most immigration lawyers consider the practice of immigration law as the simple filing of government forms, and that they are “only the immigration lawyer.” They believe the business side of the investment is not their responsibility, and the client is left to manage their own investment. What those lawyers fail to recognize, is their moral responsibility to treat their client’s money as precious as life itself.  After all, clients worked extremely hard through countless personal sacrifice and dedication, to accumulate the wealth necessary for an opportunity to become a citizen of the United States. Furthermore, if the investment venture fails, and it fails to satisfy the EB-5 requirements, their clients will have lost the investment money and also be denied a green card. This is unfortunately, often the case since most immigration lawyers do not have the necessary business and litigation background to manage business investments properly. In short, lawyers that do not know how to utilize a franchise are forced to steer their clients to Regional Centers, an avenue of investment with a staggering 90% failure rate.

The necessary experience and legal skills required to negotiate with a franchise corporation, involves significant time and cost on the part of the lawyer. The necessary involvement to run a franchise, is also extremely time consuming. At the Tony M. Chang law firm, we view our success rate and client satisfaction as paramount. Therefore, we will only recommend fully vetted investment opportunity that this law firm will assist in managing. We understand the technicalities of operating a successful business in California, and will only accept a select number of clients that agree to invest under our firm’s strict operating commitment to optimize a successful business investment. We invite you to view our Law Firm Profiles page to evaluate this firm’s prestigious associates and consultants.  While there can never be guarantees in investment ventures, we are confident you will not find another law firm as experienced and dedicated to your success.

Franchise Resources:
Franchisehandbook.com
Franchise.org
Entrepreneur.com/Franzone/listings/fran500
FranchiseTimes.com

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EB-5投資簽證連鎖經營投資項目

在美國每12個企業中就有一個是連鎖經營。有超過60萬個連鎖經營企業的年度銷售額超過9500亿美元。根據加里福尼亞州法律規定，每一個連鎖經營必須要註冊最新的披露聲明。這些聲明必須符合連鎖經營法的具體要求，提供財務，經營，以及其他的細節。但是，於州政府註冊並不意味聲明內容，比如財務，已被州政府評估和認可。這就需要經驗豐富的律師事務所來分析聲明，對連鎖經營場所實地勘察，進行多次面訪，來完成盡職調查。

對於投資移民，連鎖經營的最大優勢就是可以有一個已被證實的體系，並可以得到企業支持和培訓。與目前很多律師積極推薦的區域中心投資項目相比，連鎖經營更有優勢，成功的可能性更高。而區域中心投資項目帶有不確定，拖延，無法預期區域中心承建費用的特點。有一位有名的加州華人律師在LA18台 的節目里，很勉強的承認區域中心投資移民簽證成功率只有10%到15% 。然而，他和他的事務所在電視節目上大力推薦的卻是區域中心投資移民項目。謹慎的投資者們，我們必須看清這位律師令人質疑的邏輯和自相矛盾的推薦後的動機。

首先，律師的責任是協助客戶實現最大利益。為什麼會有律師推薦一項成功率只有10%的投資項目呢？原因很簡單。大部分移民律師認為從事移民法律事務只是填寫政府移民表格那麼簡單，他們“只是負責移民手續的律師”。這些律師認為投資項目的企業方面並不是他們的責任，應該由客戶獨自承擔。畢竟是客戶通過無數個人犧牲和貢獻的努力工作積累了足夠的資金才有機會獲得成為美國公民的機會。再進一步的說，如果投資項目因為沒有符合EB-5投資簽證的要求而失敗，這些律師們的客人不僅經濟受損，而且綠卡申請也被拒絕。很可惜由於相當多的移民律師沒有足夠的企業和法律訴訟背景而無法正確的管理投資項目，最總導致項目的失敗。簡單的來講，那些移民律師因為對連鎖經營企業毫無了解，只好把他們客人轉向失敗率高到90%的區域中心投資項目。

與連鎖經營公司協談要求協談人有相應的法律經驗和技巧。擁有這些經驗和技巧也要求律師花費相當多的時間和費用。去管理一個連鎖經營企業也是非常消耗時間的。張睦毅律師事務所把成功率和客戶的滿意放在首位。因此，我們只推薦完全審批而且本事務所可以協助管理的投資項目。我們了解在加里福尼亞州如何成功經營企業。我們只接受那些同意在本事務所嚴格監督下投資的客戶。我們邀請您參看團隊介紹來評估我們傑出的合作夥伴們和諮詢顧問。儘管我們無法擔保投資一定成功，我們非常自信您無法再找到其他像本事務所這樣經驗豐富，全心全意為您的成功而努力的律師事務所。

Contact Tony M. Chang, Esq. Law Firm and Realty at info@TonyChangEsq.com for all your immigration and business ventures.