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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

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Visas For Sale: A Comparison Of The U.S. Investor Provision With The Australian Business Migration Program, Catherine R. Giella Jan 1992

Visas For Sale: A Comparison Of The U.S. Investor Provision With The Australian Business Migration Program, Catherine R. Giella

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

This paper is an attempt to evaluate the United States' new investor program based on a comparison with Australia's failed system. The thesis of this paper is that in order for an investor program to be successful, the program must strike a careful balance between meeting the needs of the immigrant investors and those of the welcoming country and its citizens. The analysis proceeds by briefly looking at the history of immigration in both countries and then focusing on what the interests of the investors and the country are in initiating and taking advantage of such a program.


A Beginner's Guide To Business-Related Aspects Of United States Immigration Law, Paul T. Wangerin Jan 1983

A Beginner's Guide To Business-Related Aspects Of United States Immigration Law, Paul T. Wangerin

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Recent media references to various aspects of United States immigration law - important legislative changes recently suggested by introduction of the Simpson-Mazzoli "Immigration Reform and Control Act"; the crisis involving refugees arriving in the United States from Cuba, Haiti, and Southeast Asia; massive investments in domestic companies by citizens or residents of Middle Eastern oil-producing countries; potential reaction by European business people to President Reagan's changing stance regarding investments in the Soviet Union; the economic policies of France's socialist government; and the United States' deteriorating relation wtih certain Central and South American countries - have drawn renew attention to the …