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immigration visas: Reporters barred from Kushner Companies' event in China Reuters The developers are seeking to raise 150 million 116 million or 15.4 percent of funding for the project, from investors through the EB-5 visa programme, according to marketing materials posted by the event's organiser, immigration agency Qiaowai, according to Globe and Mail. The controversial EB-5 programme allows wealthy foreigners to, in effect, buy U.S. immigration visas for themselves and families by investing at least 500,000 in certain development projects. The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed by KABR Group and the Kushner Companies, which until recently was headed by senior White House advisor Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka. Sorry, this is a private event, said a man stopping journalists from entering a function room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai. According to the New York Times, Meyer attended a similar event in Beijing on Saturday and told the audience of about 100 people the project means a lot to me and my entire family . Jared Kushner, whose White House portfolio includes relations with China, sold his stake in Kushner Companies to a family trust early this year. Guests at the event said Kushner's sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, spoke for about 10 minutes, including about her family's humble roots. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.