Regional Center Prep Document

Business Plan and Economic Analysis Preparation Document

Laying out the straightfacts about your EB-5 Project
The purpose of this document is to obtain the most accurate information regarding your business. Please read this document entirely before you start answering each of the questions, then answer each question as accurately as possible.

· Required answers are denoted with an asterisk (*)

· If you don’t have the answer to a non-required question please type “Not defined” in your answer, this will allow us to work on an assumption for you. If the question does not apply to your business, please type “NA”

· Questions marked with (*) imply they are absolutely required before we can proceed.

By using this Prep Document, you as the client, agree to the Terms and Conditions and are responsible for reading these to ensure awareness of revision periods and scope. This will avoid potential additional fees for rework.

Personal Information
Full Legal Name*

First NameMiddle NameLast Name
Mailing Address (preferably USA)*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province and Country (if not in the US)

Postal / Zip Code
Home Address (if different than Mailing Address)

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province and Country (if not in the US)

Postal / Zip Code
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number
Email Address*
EIN / SSN*

Regional Center Information
Official Name and Acronym to be used*
Date of Incorporation*

MonthDayYear
Date
Physical Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Has the Regional Center been approved by the USCIS?*

YesNo
Insert date of approval

MonthDayYear
Date
Definition of current Geographical Area*
Industries covered or to be covered (if this is for a New Regional Center Application)*

Describe the ownership of the Regional Center as established in the Articles of Organization of the company*

	Investor Name	Percentage Owned	Capital Commited
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Please provide Short Bios or Firm’s description on Regional Center owners highlighting relevant experience.*
What is the purpose of the business plan? Check all that apply*

New Regional Center Application (I-924)Project to be hosted under an existing or pending Regional Center (I-526)Expansion of Geographical AreaExpansion of Industry
Please explain the areas and/or industries of expansion (last 2 boxes)
Under what project category would you like to file the New Regional Center?

Hypothetical Project (project not mature)Actual ProjectExemplar Project (allows for I-526 concurrently)

Developer's Information
Name of Developing Company*
Date it was founded*

MonthDayYear
Company Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Website
State or States where it mainly operates
Short description of experience and relevant projects*
Principal/Managers and Executive bios
Manager/Executive 1*
Manager/Executive 2
Manager/Executive 3
Manager/Executive 4

Other Entities

Please name the entities that are associated with this project in the table below:*

	Entity Name	Role	Website
Architectural Firm
Engineering
Market Study
Appraisers
Construction Management Firm
Banks
Escrow Agent
Other 1
Other 2
Other 3

Please provide short description of each of these firms on a separate source or a website for reference.

EB-5 Offering Structure

Complete the fields below based on the following EB-5 scheme structure
Main Funding*
Job Creating Entity*
Project Name*
Regional Center*
New Commercial Enterprise*
Please describe any specific details to be mentioned about each of the relationships shown in the scheme:

A: Such as timing, and EB-5 capital expected

B: When do you anticipate to break escrow, if decided

C: Such as expected ownership of the JCE, timing, etc.

D: Main sources of funds other than EB-5

E: Funding of Project, schedule, etc.

F: Payback timing and Strategy

G: When EB-5 investors get paid, what rate, etc.

H: Who will be the General Partner of the NCE (managing the EB-5 Investment process)

EB-5 Offering Terms

In this section we learn about your offering to the EB-5 investors.
What is the ideal amount of EB-5 Capital to be raised for this project?*
If the results of the economic study are already known, what is the maximum amount of Capital that the project can hold according to the economic study?
If the two amounts above are the same, please provide the reason for claiming that a safety buffer is not needed.
Is there a Minimum Condition, number of units to be sold, in order to trigger EB-5 Capital?*
How is the EB-5 offering going to be structured?*

LoanEquity
What interest rate will you offer to the EB-5 investors?*
How often is the interest rate going to compound? *
When do you expect payment back to the investors? *
What percentage of the Job Creating Enterprise will be owned by the New Commercial Enterprise (EB-5 investors)? *
When do you expect to refund the investors for their membership? *
How this refund will be paid back over time?*
Please explain if the investment structure is not adequately understood by answering the questions above, or a different deal structure is used

Project Funding and Finances

In this section we collect information to understand how the project will be funded, capital expenditures, and expected revenues and losses.
Please provide a table with the Capital Expenditures needed to bring this project to completion, including land acquisition and construction if necessary. If this is for an economic analysis, please provide as much detail as possible.

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How will the total amount of capital be funded?*

	Amount ($)
Equity
Senior Loan
Subordinate Loan
EB-5
Total

If more than one loan is used, please explain the seniority and the interest rates of each loan.
What will be the main purpose of the EB-5 capital? *
Note: The answer provided above will not limit the purpose of EB-5 funds, but they have to justified.
Please provide the pro-forma financial statements to understand the business operations of the project, its profitability and return on investment.

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Please provide all the documentation that has been used to prepare and justify the proforma, including but not limited to:

- Feasiblity Study

- Market Studies

- Industry Databases

- Appraisal
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Objectives

Lay out the objectives in 1 to 5 years
Financial Objectives*
Operational Objectives*

Job Creation Summary

EB-5 investors need to create ten U.S. full-time jobs for investors to qualify in the program. In this section we learn about your job creation analysis.
Will you need to account for indirect jobs during construction phase to raise EB-5 funds?*

Yes – we have an economic analysis already performedYes – but we need help with an economic analysisNo – we plan to account for direct jobs only
Please provide a copy of the Economic Impact Analysis*

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Indicate what statistical model was used in the economic impact analysis*
IMPLAN, RIMS II, REDYN, etc.
Number of Direct Jobs created*
Number of Indirect Jobs created*
What is the maximum amount of Capital that the project can hold according to the economic study? *
If the maximum is the same as the intended EB-5 rise, please provide the reason for claiming that a safety buffer is not needed.

Marketing Strategy
What city, county, states, and/or country do you consider as part of your target market? *
Please describe the profile of your primary and secondary client types.*
What are the needs of the market you identified in your segmentation? How will you service that need? Please give examples of cost reduction or value addition if possible.*
Who are you targeting and how are you planning to be different than your competition*
Describe the plans or any ideas you may have for rolling out any marketing materials. Is there a parent company covering the marketing costs? Attach samples to this form if you would like to attach in the Appendix of the Business Plan. *
How did you come up with the price for each offering? Is it based on value to costumer or competitor prices?*
Do you know of any other product or service that is similar to yours and are already established in the market? If so please list some of them here.*
Will your company be aligning with another company to grow both businesses? This could be to share costumers or cross sale complimenting products or services.*

Investor's Country of Origin*
Total Investment Capital*
Industry*
Business Location (City and State)*

Thank You for completing this form
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	Role	Person's name	Salary/ Commissions	Number of Employees per Role Y1	Number of Employees per Role Y2	Number of Employees per Role Y3	Number of Employees per Role Y4	Number of Employees per Role Y5
Owner
President
Vice-President
Manager 1
Employee 1.1
Employee 1.2
Employee 1.3
Manager 2
Employee 2.1
Employee 2.2
Employee 2.3
Manager 3
Employee 3.1
Employee 3.2
Employee 3.3

	Permit/License Name	Agency in Charge	Application Date	Approval State
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Business Plan and Economic Analysis Preparation Document

Personal Information

Regional Center Information

Developer's Information

Principal/Managers and Executive bios

Other Entities

EB-5 Offering Structure

EB-5 Offering Terms

Project Description

Project Personnel

Permits and Licenses

Contracts Executed

Project Funding and Finances

Objectives

Job Creation Summary

Marketing Strategy

Thank You for completing this form

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