Kushner family woos Chinese for New Jersey property project with chance of US visa
Sister of Trump son-in-law tours mainland in search of property investors
Relatives of Jared Kushner, the US president’s son-in-law, are touring major mainland cities to woo wealthy Chinese investors for luxury developments in New Jersey, with the chance of getting a US green card in return.
Kushner’s sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, and her husband, Joseph Meyer, took to the stage at Beijing’s Ritz-Carlton hotel on Saturday, and Shanghai’s Four Seasons Hotel on Sunday to promote their new project, One Journal Square.
The Beijing leg ignited controversy in the United States over whether Kushner – who is a senior White House adviser – and US President Donald Trump are involved in the project and the EB-5 immigrant investor visa programme.
About 100 people attended the Shanghai event yesterday, where they were told they could become US residents under the EB-5 programme if they put US$500,000 into the project.
The events are jointly organised by Kushner Companies, which Jared Kushner was associated with until he joined the US administration this year, and mainland migration agency Qiaowai. Similar events will be held at the InterContinental in Shenzhen on May 13 and the Four Seasons in Guangzhou on May 14.