Services Provided By Investing Across Borders

A Table of all The Services and Their explanation

Name of Service

What’s Included + Links

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Timeline

REI / Corp Strategy & Entity Setup

REI/Corp Strategy & Entity Setup

  • Full-service U.S. REI or corp investment strategy
  • Consultations with Cross-Border Tax Advisors
  • Setting up of 2 entities with Transactional Asset Protection Attorney 

  • Client seeking to set up U.S. entities a for REI or business
  • No immediate plans to obtain visa
  • Approx 1 month

    IAB FULL-SERVICE INVEST-TO-IMMIGRATE PROGRAM (WITH VISA)

    Full-Service Program

    3 phases of service as set out on link…

  • Phase 1: Pre-Visa Planning (Biz Selection, Entity setup, etc.)
  • Phase 2: Business Plan Development
  • Phase 3: Legal (Petition + Source of Funds, etc.)

  • Client wants a concierge hand-held approach to the Invest-to-Immigrate Program
  • Client may want to expand current biz/buy new biz/invest in franchise/build startup/etc.
  • 3-6 months, depending on whether the client knows what biz they wish to pursue in the U.S.

    IAB/SREI

    FULL-SERVICE PROGRAM (WITH VISA)


  • Client may/may not already have properties in place
  • Recognizes the value of comprehensive hand-holding throughout the process and phases
  • Wants a holistic, streamlined, one-on-one approach
  • Not interested in piecemeal & realizes value of concierge
  • Needs guidance to develop visa-friendly RE biz model
  • TOTAL 3-6 months plus est 1 month wait time for Consular interview

    IAB/SREI-LITE PROGRAM (WITH VISA)

    SREI Lite

  • Business Plan Development (6 x 1:1 strategic coaching sessions)
  • Use of SREI Game-Changer Entity Structure (up to 2 entities)
  • Connections to vetted professionals
  • Business Plan Creation & Preparation
  • Legal Work & Source of Funds (includes DS-160 Guidance & Interview Prep)

  • Client already has properties OR business and perhaps entities in place
  • Client already has very specific plan
  • Client wants/needs less 1:1 time
  • Client is facing a time-crunch etc. and needs to expedite service/scope of work
  • 3 months plus wait time for interview (est 1 month)

    NOTE: FEES & SCOPE OF WORK SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES

    What Our Clients And
    Colleagues Are Saying...

    Cordell Du Toit

    Rodrigo Araujo & Luciana Lima

    Glen Sutherland

    Enid Gottlieb

    MILA & BO

    Peter Palermo

    Marek Kupsta

    Heather Dimmick

    DOUG FORD

    Robert Pharoah

    JAY FISET

    " I want the world to know how great you are. You are amazing, knowledgeable, straightforward, friendly and very professional. I am truly honored to be working with you to grow my brand and retail (and wholesale) business."

    MIKE WOLF

    “Lauren Cohen is my secret weapon. As a real estate investor and mentor, Lauren is a valuable part of my team. If you are considering investing in the U.S., it’s important to understand taxation and asset protection or you could get yourself in trouble - and Lauren advises on so many of these critical factors. Lauren is extremely good at what she does. She’s helped me and my clients… and she can help you too.”

    " Lauren was very patient and understanding and wasn't trying to push me or put a square peg in a round hole. She was guiding me with care and consideration at every turn… it was a very enjoyable experience. She always made a point to communicate very quickly. She gave great advice on a variety of different topics, even things that were perhaps a little outside of the immigration and the business side of things. She had insight into other matters like helping me with the health insurance connection and educational requirements for my kids and things like that. Overall, her knowledge and experience were evident and helpful and we are very grateful. "

    - Doug Ford

    " I want the world to know how great you are. You are amazing, knowledgeable. straightforward, friendly and very professional "

    - Anne-marie Dubois

    " Working with Lauren Cohen and the team at IAB delivered the results we were looking for. It was a straight line through the process and no steps had to be done twice. In the end our E-2 visa application and the accompanying business plan was approved in 8 days!
    We couldn’t be happier. "

    - Monique and Randy H.

    MARAL DUCKWORTH

    “Lauren has been a godsend with her wealth of knowledge. She has connected us with the right people to help with our transition to the U.S. She’s guided us through the process of buying businesses, and working with tax accountants. We are blown away with her services.”

    " We really enjoyed working with Lauren and her EB-5 team. Their responsiveness and professionalism throughout the drafting made for a smooth and speedy process. The result was a beautifully crafted plan that met all the requirements of our project. We look forward to working with the e-Council team on future projects. "

    - Noel Epelboim

    " Ascend America recently secured Regional Center designation from USCIS. There is no doubt that you and your team were no small part of that feat...the final product was, in my opinion, really strong. Thank you to you and your team for helping us toward achieving our goal! "

    - Dan Shields

    " We have been approved for our green card. I can say with absolute confidence that this would not have been possible without the solid 5 year business plan we had completed through you. That plan was integral for each step from E-2 to L-1 to green card, and it was never changing! "

    - Patricia Lacasse

    ANNE-MARIE DUBOIS

    “I got approved! All thanks to Lauren and her incredible team! I want the world to know how great you are. You are amazing, knowledgeable. straightforward, friendly and very professional."

    CAMILA QUEZADA

    “Finding Lauren was a gift to my family. I highly recommend you hire her as your advisor in your journey to the U.S.”

    " It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Lauren, Diana, and the e-Council Inc.com team. They are true professionals who produce top quality work in a timely fashion. Their responsiveness, excitement about the project and genuine desire to meet the client’s goals made them an indispensable part of the project team. "

    - Nic Applegate

    " I find that I need to write to you to express my overwhelming appreciation for the work that you and your team have done. This case has plagued us for some time... The end result is exceptional, and if this case does in fact succeed it will be only because of your business plan. " projects. "

    - Cindy Azoulay

    " We recently referred an E-2 investor client of ours to e-Council Inc.com as they had a relatively unusual business model and no formal business plan. Lauren’s team put together a brilliant, very professionally presented business plan ticking all the E-2 boxes and including the necessary five year financial forecast (the US subsidiary is a start-up). They also facilitated the certification of these financials by a US CPA. I cannot recommend them highly enough. "

    - Matthew Amoils

    CESARE PETRUCCI

    “We had a lot of ups and downs before we met Lauren. We had worked with other immigration lawyers, and the process was very long and stalled out so many times. We lost about a year or two of time because of previous immigration lawyers. When we met Lauren, she took us by the hands and guided us. She was organized, she solved problems and brought peace to our journey. I am so grateful to Lauren and her team.”

    JEFF GREENBERG

    “I wouldn’t have been able to move to the U.S. if it wasn’t for Lauren. I was previously denied…. but then I found Lauren. She and her team stepped in and corrected all the issues and created a whole new business plan. Lauren was absolutely instrumentally in getting us here to the U.S. And now we absolutely love it. If it weren’t for Lauren, we wouldn’t be here.”

    " To transition my current E2 to an EB-5 for my franchise business, we relied on Lauren Cohen and her team of experts. Their attentive and responsive service and superior quality work product exceeded expectations and they worked diligently to ensure timely and accurate filing. It was a pleasure to work with them throughout the process. "

    - Sabine Juskowiak

    " We would like to thank you deeply for all the hard work you put into the business plan...as a crucial part of our immigration process, we are very happy to have had you assist us in this endeavour. "

    - Vanessa and Rogerio Silberberg

    " We loved working with e-Council Inc.com. The professional e-Council team delivered a timely, well-written and comprehensive Business Plan which helped us to secure our L-1 Visa. "

    - Ophir Sweiry


    “I want the world to know how great you are. You are amazing, knowledgeable, straightforward, friendly and very professional. I am truly honored to be working with you to grow my brand and retail (and wholesale) business.”

    ~ Jay Fiset


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