{"id":181477,"date":"2026-04-06T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wordpress\/testimonial\/siddharth\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:26:09","slug":"siddharth","status":"publish","type":"testimonial","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/testimonial\/siddharth\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddharth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faq-accordion\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Select Highlights of the Interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siddharth-a-a060865\">Siddharth<\/a> from India<br \/>\nEB-5 Investor in the EB5AN Twin Lakes Rural EB-5 Project<\/h3>\n<div class=\"full-interview\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-interview\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZcdlqYKANE?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I looked at a lot of EB-5 projects and soon realized that you have to find a project that aligns with macro trends in the area, whether geographical or related to the economy. Once I\u2019d found a project, I would then look at the reputation of the developer or builder constructing the project.<\/p>\n<p>After doing a lot of Google research to really be sure about the project I was going to invest in, I found EB5AN. A few good things stood out for me, including the pedigree of the founders. It gave me comfort to see that the team I was corresponding with were all highly qualified, intelligent individuals who had worked for global organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Sam sent me the information about the Twin Lakes project in Atlanta. I was pleased to be able to verify a lot of the information that EB5AN had shared in its marketing materials.<\/p>\n<p>When you select a project and want to explore the opportunity further, EB5AN will provide you with access to their Dropbox folders. I recommend that you go through every document in detail.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I looked at the approval certificate from USCIS for the regional center to make sure that what Sam was telling me was right\u2014and he is legit.<\/p>\n<p>I wholeheartedly recommend EB5AN and Anahita George as an EB-5 attorney.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"butu\" style=\"text-align: left; width: 100%; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2023\/07\/31\/webinar-eb-5-diligence-and-real-estate-investment-fundamentals-with-investment-banker-siddharth-agarwal\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Now Available: Sid\u2019s Comprehensive EB-5 Due Diligence Webinar \u2014 Hear Sid Explain How to Analyze EB-5 Projects and Avoid Unnecessary Risk \u2014 Recommended for Investors without Real Estate Investment Experience <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Full Interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siddharth-a-a060865\">Siddharth<\/a><br \/>\nEB-5 Investor in the EB5AN Twin Lakes Rural EB-5 Project<\/h3>\n<div class=\"full-interview\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-interview\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jmx3zsOYfaU?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Full Interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siddharth-a-a060865\">Siddharth<\/a><br \/>\nEB-5 Investor in the EB5AN Twin Lakes Rural EB-5 Project<\/h3>\n<h4>Why Make An EB-5 Investment?<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary>Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, when you first came to the U.S. and, how you\u2019ve arrived at this journey that\u2019s now resulted in an EB-5 application?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">Sure. My name is Siddharth. I&#8217;m from India. I came to the U.S. in 2015 as a student to do my MBA at Duke. And post-MBA, I started working in investment banking. I was on the East Coast earlier for a couple of years, and then I moved to California. So, I\u2019m based out of California now.<\/p>\n<p>I think the reason why I arrived at the decision to go through EB-5 is that the firm that I used to work for back in 2022 had several rounds of layoffs due to the market environment, and I was a part of that unfortunate event. At the same time, my I-140 process was stalled because of this event. My employers had been in the process of sponsoring my <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/8-reasons-to-invest-in-u-s-permanent-residency-through-the-eb-5-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Card<\/a> and registering me with USCIS for that.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2023\/02\/09\/why-the-eb-5-program-is-a-path-to-a-bright-future-for-h-1b-visa-holders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my H-1B runs out by the end of 2023<\/a>, so I needed to either (1) find a new job or (2) somehow convince people in banking that they should sponsor me for a Green Card from the get-go. Usually these things in investment banking happen only based on your good performance, and very, very few employers agree right off the bat to sponsor you for your Green Card. So, unfortunately, given what was going on in the market, it was obviously very difficult for me to find another job at that time, whether it was in banking, whether it was in tech, or any other area. And at the same time, I also needed to make sure that I stayed in the U.S. because my wife lives here as well.<\/p>\n<p>She is here independently on a separate H-1B. Now, a lot of people suggested I could try to transfer myself as a dependent on her H-1B, but that would give me an H-4 designation, which does not allow me to work in the U.S. because she just started her H-1B. And she&#8217;s nowhere near the I-140 process as of now. So, from a family standpoint, from a career and just a lifestyle choice standpoint, we decided to make the U.S. our permanent home and <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/abouteb5\/#process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pursue the EB-5 visa<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-accordion\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Finding an EB-5 Immigration Attorney and Filing Form I-526E<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary>Were there other visas that you considered, or was the Green Card through the EB-5 program the only option you considered?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">I looked at the EB-1 Green Card as well, which apparently has a qualification or a specific category for international managers or highly qualified individuals who work in corporations. I spoke to some lawyers about it. The success rate for that sort of visa is 50% or less for a lot of applicants. It also requires evidence of a high level of competence in your field, namely through things like your name being published in the Wall Street Journal, or something like that, on a transaction that you represented your client on. At least that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s applicable to folks who work on Wall Street and in investment banking. I am still relatively junior. I&#8217;m a V.P. and not at the M.D. level, so the chances of me getting my name in the newspaper at this point were pretty much nil.<\/p>\n<p>The EB-5 visa just seemed to be a relatively hassle-free process versus a lot of other visas, which depend a lot on the strength of your case, which unfortunately nobody can really quantify for you. I just wanted to get rid of that uncertainty and find a permanent solution to the problem.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-accordion\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Selecting an EB-5 Project and Regional Center<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary>How did you first hear about, or first start to research the EB-5 program? Was it just last year when you were looking for a way to solve this problem? Or was it something you were aware of in the past but never really thought it was something you&#8217;d want to do yourself?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"faq-answer\">I only came to know about this route last year when I was researching options of how to <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/03\/14\/eb-5-concurrent-filing-will-let-investors-live-work-and-study-in-the-united-states-sooner-than-before-with-an-eb-5-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prolong my stay in the U.S. and also be employed<\/a>. I had not heard about this visa. I had a faint idea about it because I was following the news when the previous government in the United States had increased the investment amount, the amount that investors needed to put in to get a Green Card.<\/p>\n<p>But I never gave it serious thought because I always thought the amount was astronomically high. But when I actually started looking into this a little more in detail and then looked at my situation, I determined that this could be a possible route, maybe as a last resort, and we eventually came to that. That&#8217;s when I actually started to pay attention to this.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":181420,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-181477","testimonial","type-testimonial","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/181477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/testimonial"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonial\/181477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}