Troubled Business

To qualify the investor must:

1.Invest in a business that has existed for at least two years.

2.Invest in a business that has incurred a net loss, based on generally accepted accounting principles, for the 12 to 24 month period before you filed the Form I-526 Immigrant Petition by an Alien Entrepreneur.

3.The loss for the 12 to 24 month period must be at least equal to 20 percent of the business’s net worth before the loss.

4.Maintain the number of jobs at no less than the pre-investment level for a period of at least two years.

5.Be involved in the day-to-day management of the troubled business or directly manage it through formulating business policy.

6.The same investment requirements of the new commercial enterprise investment apply to a troubled business investment ($1,000,000 or $500,000 in a Targeted Employment Area)