Inbound Immigration Investment
A family moving capital and people into the United States is rarely doing just one thing. There is a visa, a tax structure, a purchase or a company, and a reporting calendar that runs for years, and they usually arrive at once. This is the service that coordinates all of it under one team.
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Bellevue, WA
Inbound investment attorneys for Bellevue and Seattle foreign families
Oseran Hahn serves as the single coordinating team for a family or company's entire move into the United States. Rather than handling one visa or one closing in isolation, we map the whole entry, the immigration path, the tax structure, the real estate or business, and the ongoing reporting, and we sequence the pieces so they reinforce rather than undercut each other. This is the umbrella over our specific foreign-investment services, and it exists because the most expensive mistakes happen in the gaps between separate advisors. Most of our clients are families and family offices from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan.
Coordinating an inbound investment means owning the whole picture, not one filing. We start with a plan that sequences immigration, tax, and the transaction in the right order; we match the visa to the family's actual goals; we structure the investment and entities to serve both the tax plan and the visa; we set up the reporting that foreign assets require; and we stay engaged as the single point of contact across the years the move takes.
Mapping the move before it starts
The most valuable work happens before anything is filed or bought. We sit with the family and lay out the full sequence: when tax residency would begin, which visa fits, what gets acquired and how it is held, and what has to happen first. Sequence is everything in this work, because a step taken out of order, a property bought before the structure is set, or residency triggered before planning is done, can cost far more than the legal fee. We build the roadmap that the rest of the engagement follows.
Choosing the right immigration path
The visa is the part most families lead with, but it should follow the goals, not drive them. We help choose among the investor and transfer options, the EB-5 immigrant investor visa, the E-2 treaty investor visa, and the L-1 intracompany transfer, based on the family's nationality, capital, timeline, and whether they want a green card or a renewable nonimmigrant status. Each path carries different tax and structuring consequences, which is why the choice belongs inside the larger plan.
Structuring the investment and the entities
Once the path is set, the capital has to be deployed in a way that serves both the visa and the tax plan. That may mean forming a U.S. company, structuring a real estate purchase to manage FIRPTA and estate-tax exposure, or building the ownership so it supports an E-2 or L-1 while keeping the tax bill sensible. We coordinate the corporate, real estate, and tax structuring so the investment does one job for several goals at once.
Setting up tax and reporting from the start
An inbound family takes on U.S. tax residency and a set of annual reporting duties that catch many newcomers off guard. We coordinate the pre-immigration tax planning that should happen before residency, then put the ongoing FBAR, FATCA, and entity reporting in place from the first year, so the family enters the U.S. system clean and stays that way. The detail-heavy compliance is handled, not deferred until it becomes a problem.
One team across the whole journey
What ties this together is continuity. Instead of a visa lawyer, a separate tax advisor, a real estate attorney, and a corporate firm who never speak, the family has one team that holds the whole plan and the same partners over the years the move takes, often into the next generation. We coordinate the specialists a deal needs while remaining the single point of contact, so nothing falls into the gaps. For the specific pieces, see our EB-5, E-2, L-1, FIRPTA, tax planning, and compliance services.
More than forty years coordinating the full entry of families and family offices from across Asia into the Pacific Northwest. The visa, the tax, the purchase, and the reporting are one project, and we run it as one.
One team, not four.
Most inbound families end up with separate immigration, tax, real estate, and corporate advisors who never coordinate. We hold the whole plan under one roof, which is where the gaps, and the expensive mistakes, usually disappear.
Sequence over speed.
The order of steps decides the cost. We plan the move so residency, purchases, and filings happen in the right sequence, rather than racing to a visa and cleaning up the tax later.
The same partners over time.
A move into the U.S. unfolds over years and often a generation. Our clients work with the same attorneys throughout, who already know the family, the structure, and the goals.
The attorneys behindthe work.
Our business and corporate attorneys handle this work alongside our litigation team, so you have coverage whether your matter stays transactional or becomes something more.
What clientsask us first.
How is this different from your EB-5 or E-2 services?
Those handle a specific visa. This is the coordinating service over the whole move: the visa plus the tax structure, the investment, the entities, and the reporting, sequenced together. If you know exactly which visa you need and nothing else, start there. If you are moving capital and a family into the U.S. and want one team to run all of it, start here.
When should we engage you?
As early as possible, ideally before any property is bought, company is formed, or residency is triggered. The biggest savings come from sequencing the move correctly, and most of those options close once the first steps are taken. Early coordination is the entire point of this service.
Do you replace our advisors back home?
No, we work with them. Your home-country counsel and accountants understand your existing structure and local law, and we coordinate the U.S. side with them. We become the U.S. team that holds the American part of the plan and keeps it consistent with everything you already have in place.
Which visa is right for our family?
It depends on your nationality, your capital, your timeline, and whether you want permanent residence or a renewable status. EB-5 leads to a green card; E-2 suits treaty-country nationals running a business; L-1 fits a company transferring people. We assess your goals first, then recommend the path, rather than starting from the visa.
Do you work with families still living abroad?
Yes. Most engagements begin well before anyone relocates, with the family still in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, or Japan. We coordinate across time zones and home-country advisors, handle consular processing where needed, and plan the move so it is ready when the family is.
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Tell us what the family is planning, the capital, the timeline, and the goals, even if it is still early. A foreign investment attorney will follow up within one business day, and the first conversation is confidential.
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