Anti-immigrant rhetoric, gun violence and impending visa changes have encouraged Hong Kong’s elite would-be emigres to consider alternatives to the U.S.
to anyone able and willing to make a $500,000 investment in a business or other project that creates jobs. Applications from Hong Kong citizens are processed separately from filings of investors from the mainland, which means that once an application is considered, it can often be approved with little if any wait.
The estimated wait for processing investor visas is at least 28.5 months, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. “During these troubles, my clients have been in the U.S. and Canada visiting,” said Carolyn Lee, an immigration attorney based in Ithaca, N.Y.
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