Re: It's Early, But Will You Have for Dinner Tonight, Thursday, 11/14/2024?

D wrote:

  On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, Coogan's Bluff wrote:
 

D wrote:

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On Sun, 17 Nov 2024, Coogan's Bluff wrote:
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True, well, it could be argued in chinas case, that communism was just a
brief break from having an emperor. On the surface, yes, there's still
the communist party, but under the surface, in reality they have an
emperor with complete power over the party.

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Xi personifies that secular deification, good call.

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This is the truth!
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You're welcome! =)
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I find it funny that John, being the brilliant inventor he was, also
fled sweden for a better place. True then, and true now. ;)

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Really relevant data, but you need not flee - rather you ca migrate.
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It's much more official and lawful that way.
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Trump wants high skills folk - you seem to fit that sort.

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Maybe. I think the most probable way for me would be to invest my way
in. If I still am actively working when it is time, I would just move my
company to the US, and if I'm semi-retired, I'd move my investments to
the US.
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I think they have a "money program/exception" when it comes to
immigrating to the US.

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https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/immigrant-investor-visas.html >
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Overview
Every fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th), approximately 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to qualified applicants under the provisions of U.S. immigration law. Employment based immigrant visas are divided into five preference categories.
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This webpage explains the visa application process for Employment Fifth Preference (E5) Immigrant Investors, also called Immigrant Entrepreneurs. Select Employment Based Immigrant Visas for additional employment based immigrant visa categories. U.S. immigration law makes visas available to immigrant investors seeking to enter the United States to engage in new commercial enterprises that benefit the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment. E5 investors receive up to 7.1 percent of all employment based immigrant visas issued worldwide each year.
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To qualify as an immigrant investor for petitions filed on or after November 21, 2019, a foreign national must invest, without borrowing, the following minimum qualifying capital dollar amounts in a qualifying commercial enterprise:
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$1,000,000 (U.S.); or
$500,000 (U.S.) in a high-unemployment or rural area, considered a targeted employment area.
A qualifying investment must, within two years, create full-time jobs for at least 10 U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or other immigrants authorized to work in the United States, not including the investor and the investor’s spouse, sons, or daughters.
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Immigrant investor visa categories are:
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Employment creation outside a targeted area – C5
Employment creation in a targeted rural/high unemployment area – T5
Investor Pilot Program not in a targeted area – R5
Investor Pilot Program in a targeted area – I5

 Hah, what do I spy... the E-2!
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-2_visa
 As long as it still exists when I'm about to move, I'd say US here I come!! =)

One obvious caveat:
"Upon conclusion of the business, investors must return to their countries of origin, or change their status. The United States Department of State does not allow dual intent for this type of visa, although it is possible for E-2 visa holders to adjust their status to immigrant status (get a green card) within the United States. "
And I think that would be granted - depending on who's in office at the time.

A guy I was working with in my youth, in sweden, was extremely religious
and conservative, and he moved to Idaho 20 years ago, and started to
work for CAT or Deere. He was always unhappy in sweden, and once he
moved to the US he was as happy as can be. He even changed his name to
John from the swedish version, in order to fit in and cut ties with
sweden.

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A dedicated immigrant - bravo!
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You will be made welcome too.

 As long as I can find a nice and cozy spot, in red and rural US I'm certain of it! =)

You are going to do just fine, northern Idaho is calling..