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Chinese to English: Immigrant Investor text General field: Law/Patents Detailed field: Law (general)
Immigrant investor, or “EB-5” for short, is a special visa category established by the Immigration Act of 1990 aimed specifically at overseas investors. Of all the pathways to immigration in the US, this category is subject to the least conditions and limitations and has in recent years been a favored route for mainland Chinese entrepreneurs.
In 1993, with the aim of channeling overseas investment to government-approved regions and thereby promoting regional economic development, the US government created the “Regional Center Program” within the EB-5 immigration regulations. Through investment into US government-approved “regional centers”, this program relaxed the former criteria that immigrant investors “must create 10 direct jobs”, allowing instead that they “can create 10 direct or indirect jobs”.
Under normal circumstances, qualified applicants, along with their spouses and children under 21, can within 10 to 14 months of submitting their application materials receive notice of whether or not USCIS has approved their application. If approved, they will then receive their conditional immigration visa (conditional green card) within 6 to 12 months. In the 90 days prior to the two-year anniversary of this temporary green card (that is, the 21st to the 24th month after the temporary green card was issued), as long as the investment has been genuinely maintained and USCIS has verified that such investment has in fact created 10 jobs, the immigrant investor can apply to USCIS to remove the conditions on his or her permanent residency. If successful, this results in a normal green card without extra restrictions. Immigrants who have invested in US government-approved regional centers can therefore freely enter and leave the US without the need to worry about immigration checks or inspections. Additionally, they may carry on business in their respective countries as they do not need to personally manage their EB-5 investments.
L-1/EB-1C (II)
The L visa was created to allow convenient personnel transfers in multinational companies. Naturally, smaller scale and newly established companies can also take advantage of L visas if they meet the corresponding criteria. We recommend those interested in an L visa to consult with an experienced immigration lawyer.
The L-1A visa is intended to allow executives or managers of multinational companies to enter the US. Applicants must be those who will work in an executive or managerial capacity in the US, and within the three years prior to applying must have continuously worked for the same company or employer for at least one year.
The L-1B visa is intended to allow multinational companies to transfer a professional employee with specialized knowledge to the US. For example, an employee with in-depth knowledge of a company’s products may come to the US to train the new employees of a US employer.
USCIS also provides the L-1 Blanket Petition Program for companies who routinely transfer personnel using L-1 visas. Under this program, eligible companies need only obtain a single approval to transfer a number of employees to the US, such as executives and managers as well as personnel with specialized knowledge.
The L-2 visa is issued to the spouse or a child under 21 of the holder of a L-1 visa, with a duration of stay the same as that of the L-1 visa holder. The spouse and minor children of the L-1 visa holder are permitted to attend school in the US, and the spouse of the L-1 visa holder may obtain employment in the US upon his or her attainment of an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
The holder of a L-1 visa may petition for immigration through an EB-1C visa under the employment-based, first preference visa category. The EB-1C visa allows high-level executives or managers of multinational companies who have been transferred to America to apply for employment-based immigration, and has requirements that are very similar to those of the L visa. Foreign nationals must have permanent appointments from a US employer and in the three years prior to applying must have worked for at least one year consecutively in an overseas entity with a qualifying relationship to the US employer (such as a parent, affiliate, subsidiary, or branch).
EB-1B (V)
The EB-1B visa allows an “outstanding professor or researcher”—that is, a foreign national internationally recognized as outstanding in a particular field—to immigrate to the US under the employment-based, first preference visa category. The professor or researcher must:
1. Possess at least three years of research or teaching experience in the relevant field;
2. Have been invited to pursue a permanent research fellowship or a tenure-track teaching position;
3. Have the intention to pursue research or teaching in the relevant field in the US;
4. Demonstrate he or she is recognized as outstanding in the academic field specified in the petition by presenting evidence of at least two of the following six items:
(1) Receipt of major national or international prizes or awards for outstanding achievement in the academic field;
(2) Membership in associations in the academic field that require outstanding achievements of their members as judged by recognized national or international experts in their fields;
(3) Published material in professional publications written by others about the alien’s work in the academic field;
(4) Participation on a panel, or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or an allied academic field;
(5) Original scientific or scholarly research contributions to the academic field; and
(6) Authorship of scholarly books or articles in scholarly journals with international circulation in the academic field.
H-1B/EB-2 (III)
The H-1B visa is a temporary working visa issued to employees engaged in a specialty occupation to allow them to lawfully work in the US. In the H-1B application process, the employer is the applicant and the alien employee is the beneficiary. The alien employee must hold at least a bachelor’s degree or a foreign degree which is equivalent to a US bachelor’s degree.
The H-1B visa is intended for engineers, teachers, researchers, software developers, and other foreign professionals. Holders of a H-1B visa may work in the US for three years, and may extend their visa for another three years. If the visa holder has not changed status by the conclusion of this six-year period, however, he or she must leave the US.
EB-2 is the employment-based, second preference visa category. If a foreign national possesses eligible ability, education, and/or experience and holds corresponding credentials, he or she may apply for a US green card through an EB-2 visa. Applicants for an EB-2 visa must hold at least an advanced degree.
EB-1A (IV)
The EB-1A visa allows a foreign national of “extraordinary ability” to apply for immigration under the employment-based, first preference visa category. To be eligible for this visa category, a foreign national must possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim, and his or her achievements must have been recognized in the field of expertise. The general requirement for such foreign nationals is that they have risen to the very top of their field of endeavor. Applicants for the EB-1A visa must show evidence of one of the following two items:
1. Receipt of a major nationally or internationally recognized award (such as a Nobel Prize, an Academy Award, or an Olympic Medal), or
2. At least three of the following:
(1) Receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence in the field of endeavor;
(2) Membership in associations in the field, which require outstanding achievements as judged by recognized national or international experts;
(3) Published material about the alien in professional or major trade publications or other major media;
(4) Participation on a panel, or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the field or an allied field;
(5) Original contributions of major significance in the field (usually through recommendations by experts in the field or a comprehensive personal statement);
(6) Authorship of scholarly articles in the field in professional or major trade publications or other major media;
(7) Display of the alien’s work at artistic exhibitions or showcases;
(8) Evidence that the alien has performed in a leading or critical role for organizations that have distinguished reputations;
(9) Evidence that the alien has commanded a high salary compared to others in the field; and
(10) Evidence of commercial successes in the performing arts.
Chinese to English: Religious article text General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Religion
Source text - Chinese 现在多数人尽本分虽然能守住本分了，不作恶了，但有没有忠心？能不能达到合格的尽本分呢？还是差得多。人能不能尽好本分，这就涉及到人性问题了。那怎么能尽好本分？得具备什么才能把本分尽好？无论尽什么本分、做什么事，人得求真、认真，尽到责任，心里才踏实、有平安。什么叫尽到责任呢？就是用心了，把心尽到了，把自己该做的都做到了。比如，教会带领安排你尽一项本分，也交通了简单的原则，并没有说得太细，那你怎样做能尽好这个本分？（凭良心。）起码得凭良心做。凭良心做，这话怎么落到实处？怎么运用这话呀？（为神家利益着想，不做羞辱神的事情。）这是一方面。另外，做一件事得反复推敲，按真理原则衡量。如果做完了之后心里不平安，感觉好像还有点问题，经过检查果然发现问题了，这时该怎么办？就得赶紧修改，把问题解决了。这是什么态度？（求真求细。）这就是求真、求细，就是认真、严谨的态度。尽本分就得本着认真、负责的态度，说“这工作交给我了，我就得在我能认识到、能达到的范围内尽力把它作好，不能让它出错”，不能存在差不多就行的想法。总有应付糊弄的思想，能不能尽好本分？（不能。）应付糊弄是怎么产生的？
Translation - English Today, although many people can uphold their duty and refrain from evil, do they have loyalty? Are they able to fulfill their duty satisfactorily? Or do they fall short? Whether or not people can fulfill their duty involves the problem of humanity. So, how does one fulfill their duty? And what does one need to have prepared in order to fulfill this duty? Regardless the duty or task, only when a person works meticulously and conscientiously, fulfilling their responsibility, will they feel secure and peaceful of heart. What is it to fulfill one’s duty? It is to be diligent, to use all of one’s heart, to do completely what it is one should do. Say, for instance, the church arranges a task for you, communicating simple principles with little elaboration. How would you fulfill your duty? (Follow the dictates of your conscience). At the least, you must follow your conscience. But how can you follow your conscience in practice? How can you apply this talk? (Consider the benefit to God’s house, do not be disgraceful to God.) This is one aspect. Moreover, repeated deliberation and weighing of the principles of the truth must be employed in carrying out a task. If, at the conclusion of a task, one’s heart is not at ease, and you feel there is still a problem, and with review of the task there is found to really be such a problem; at this time, what should you do? There must be immediate correction to solve the problem. What attitude is this? (Meticulous and thorough.) This is being meticulous and thorough, that is, having a conscientious and rigorous attitude. To fulfill one’s duty, one must have an attitude of conscientiousness and responsibility, one must say “Give this task to me, I must complete it with the upmost satisfaction to the extent of my knowledge and ability, I cannot let it go wrong”. The thinking that good enough is enough cannot exist. If one’s mindset is to just muddle by, can they fulfill their duty well? (They cannot.) From where does just mudding by arise?
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I am an experienced,
native-English translator who lived and worked in China for seven years,
including two years’ full-time experience working on complex government texts
in Chinese. A graduate of the Ohio State University’s Chinese Flagship Program and
the University of Pennsylvania, I scored a superior (highest) level on the
ACTFL written proficiency test and was one of only five students at UPenn to
receive a full year FLAS scholarship to study Chinese. In additional to
translation, I was also a teacher of Chinese in the Delaware Dual Language
Immersion program, and held the distinction of being the only native-English instructor
of Chinese.
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