{"id":59934,"date":"2018-03-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/reporte-globofran-sobre-inmigrantes-latinoamericanos-en-ee-uu-de-donde-vienen-en-que-invierten-y-donde-prefieren-vivir\/"},"modified":"2018-03-13T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:02:02","slug":"reporte-globofran-sobre-inmigrantes-latinoamericanos-en-ee-uu-de-donde-vienen-en-que-invierten-y-donde-prefieren-vivir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/reporte-globofran-sobre-inmigrantes-latinoamericanos-en-ee-uu-de-donde-vienen-en-que-invierten-y-donde-prefieren-vivir\/","title":{"rendered":"Globofran report on Latin American immigrants in the USA: Where do they come from, what do they invest in, and where do they prefer to live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, March 13,\u00a02018 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; According to the first report on Immigration Investments by Globofran (download at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globofran.com\/report\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.globofran.com\/report<\/a><u>)<\/u>, with information that explains where Latin Americans in the <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span> come from, what they invest in, and where they prefer to live, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> is the country that has had the largest number of residency permits granted, accounting for 39% of the Latin American total, as well as &#8220;non-immigrant&#8221; investor visas issued, with more than 3,700 issued in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not only <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> with the largest number of &#8220;green cards&#8221; among Latin Americans; people from the <span class=\"xn-location\">Dominican Republic<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> have also obtained large numbers of green cards.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding investment visas granted under the EB-5 program, in 2016 Brazil was in first place, followed by <span class=\"xn-location\">Venezuela<\/span>. The EB-5 program requires an investor to provide at least <span class=\"xn-money\">US$ 500,000<\/span> to a project certified by the UCSIS in order to obtain legal residence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first report with reliable data that shows Latin American behavior in terms of investment and migration. It also shows the importance of this community in the growth of <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> economy,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Partidas<\/span>, CEO of Globofran.<\/p>\n<p><b>In what do Latinos invest in the US?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the Globofran study, Latinos prefer to invest and work in:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Residential and corporate maintenance (20%)\n<\/li>\n<li>Restaurants (18%)\n<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle repair and maintenance (16%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Where do they prefer to live?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The data analyzed confirm that more than 50% of Latin Americans residing in the <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span> live in:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (27.1%)\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> (18.8%) \u00a0\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span> (8.7%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In terms of cities with the most favorable cost of living, <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span> is most accessible with its annual average of <span class=\"xn-money\">US$ 47,000<\/span>. <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> has the highest average cost of living, at more than <span class=\"xn-money\">US$ 61,000<\/span> per year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder3000\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/653468\/Globofran_EN_Infographic.jpg\" title=\"The minimum cost of living in the major United States cities chosen by Latin Americans, according to the Globofran report on Immigration Investments.\" alt=\"The minimum cost of living in the major United States cities chosen by Latin Americans, according to the Globofran report on Immigration Investments.\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The &#8220;Reporte Globofran sobre Inversiones Migratorias&#8221; is published quarterly, and is a research effort by Globofran.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Globofran:\u00a0<br \/><\/b>A <span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> company specializing in Immigration Investments. Every year it helps hundreds of Latin American investors obtain legal status in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> through investments in businesses and franchises. For more information:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globofran.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.globofran.com<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/globofran\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/globofran<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/globofran\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/globofran<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/globofran1\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.twitter.com\/globofran1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/653468\/Globofran_EN_Infographic.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/653468\/Globofran_EN_Infographic.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder0\">\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE  Globofran<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, March 13,\u00a02018 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; According to the first report on Immigration Investments by Globofran (download at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globofran.com\/report\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.globofran.com\/report<\/a><u>)<\/u>, with information that explains where Latin Americans in the <span class=\"xn-location\">USA<\/span> come from, what they invest in, and where they prefer to live, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> is the country that has had the largest number of residency permits granted,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}