At least ten full-time positions for qualifying U.S. workers, attributable to the investment and generally created within the two-year conditional residence period. Full-time means thirty-five hours a week or more, and part-time roles cannot be added together to make one.
Ten is the number, and the definition does the work
Hypothetical example: Thaddeus sold an insurance brokerage serving East Ferris and is considering a direct investment in an American business that currently employs six people seasonally. The arithmetic that matters is not headcount but qualifying full-time jobs. A qualifying employee is a U.S.
citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or another person authorized to work in the United States; independent contractors are not employees for this purpose, and Thaddeus and his immediate family are excluded. Seasonal and part-time positions are the recurring problem, because two twenty-hour roles do not combine into one qualifying job. In a direct investment those ten jobs must appear on a real payroll and be documented with tax filings and wage records.
Through a regional centre, indirect and induced jobs may be counted with a reasonable economic methodology, which is a different exercise with different evidence. Before committing, he should ask precisely which ten jobs are attributed to his capital and what becomes of his petition if the business hires eight.