Q: Do I Need a License?
A: More than 90 percent of all items exported from the United States to a foreign buyer don’t require an export license, even though the items are subject to U.S. government export control laws and regulations.

Q: What Are Export Administration Regulations and the Bureau of Industry and Security?
A: Most U.S.-sourced items and some internationally-sourced items that are considered dual-use
(possessing both commercial and military proliferation applications), as well as certain purely
commercial and munitions items, are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR),
administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The EAR is available at bis.doc.gov.

Q: What is conditional permanent residence?

A: A conditional green card is valid for only 2 years, and the designation “CR1” on the physical card stands for “conditional resident.” A conditional green card holder must file Form I-751 to “remove the conditions” and obtain a permanent green card. In most cases, a conditional green card is issued to a spouse who has been married for less than 2 years at the time their green card was first approved.

Q: How do we prove our marriage is real or “bona fide”?

A: A “bona fide” marriage means 2 people who intend to build a future together and who did not marry only for immigration purposes. Evidence of an authentic marriage can include joint financial documents, evidence of living together (cohabitation), tickets and photos from trips taken together, among others.

Foreign Investment

Q: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

A: CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States and certain real estate transactions by foreign persons, in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. 

Q: Our company wants to invest in China. How shall we navigate through the process?

A: Start with a research on the new Foreign Investment Law and its Implementing Regulations which came into effect on January 1, 2020. These new standards replace and update the Three Laws with a single unified law.