{"id":741,"date":"2014-06-20T04:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2017-07-31T08:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:30:27","slug":"john-gezelius-proving-the-source-of-eb5-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/john-gezelius-proving-the-source-of-eb5-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"John Gezelius: Proving the Source of US Investment Funds for Foreign Entrepreneur and Investor Visas (Ep. 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney John Gezelius\u00a0on Proving the Source of US Investment\u00a0Funds for\u00a0Entrepreneur and Investor visas<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2899756\/height\/90\/width\/1080\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"1080\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-Gezelius.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-742\" src=\"https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-Gezelius.jpg\" alt=\"John Gezelius\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-Gezelius.jpg 368w, https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-Gezelius-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usimmigrationpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-Gezelius-264x200.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a>John Gezelius is an attorney in the Los Angeles suburb of Tustin, California. He is a 1978 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and attended law school at the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, where he received both a Juris Doctor degree and then later a Master of Law in transnational business and law. He has a transactional practice and his focus is on investment related immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In this episode you will hear:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A high level description of the EB-5 Visa<\/li>\n<li>Why it is important to fully document the source of investment funds<\/li>\n<li>How his background as a US Air Force Intelligence Officer gave him a unique opportunity to detect fraud<\/li>\n<li>How Money Laundering and\u00a0Fraud detection is the inverse of proving\u00a0the source of funds<\/li>\n<li>The three key sources\u00a0for fund documentation:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">\n<li>Payment<\/li>\n<li>Deposit<\/li>\n<li>Taxes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Why having a trusting and forthcoming relationship with an investor client is key to your mutual success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John also\u00a0shares with us:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigration Services offered: <strong>EB-5\u00a0visa representation and source of funds\u00a0<\/strong><b>documentation<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Business Advice:\u00a0<strong>Paint a legal picture so that the only answer will be &#8220;of course&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>His personal habits that attributes to his\u00a0success:<strong>\u00a0I&#8217;m always afraid of screwing something up, so I often over\u00a0prepare\u00a0(and make it easy to find what I have done in the\u00a0petition).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Parting Thoughts:<strong>\u00a0I wish I had started sooner, the\u00a0businesses\u00a0are\u00a0fascinating\u00a0and the relationships are great&#8230; I&#8217;d have more\u00a0friends<em> (and contacts)<\/em>\u00a0if I had.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney John Gezelius\u00a0on Proving the Source of US Investment\u00a0Funds for\u00a0Entrepreneur and Investor visas John Gezelius is an attorney in the Los Angeles suburb of Tustin, California. 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