I understand that inflation can affect my EB-5 investment. However, I’d like to know whether the cost will account for when the funds are transferred from my country to the escrow account? Or when it goes to the JCE? What happens after that? Will the value of my funds freeze once the investment is made? Does the “at risk” requirement account for inflation?
Answers
Joana Fernandes
EB-5 Immigration attorneysInflation does not adjust the EB-5 minimum investment amount once you file; the required capital is fixed at the time of filing under the current rules. What matters is when your funds become irrevocably committed and “at risk” in the NCE/JCE structure, not whether they are sitting in escrow or already deployed. Once invested, the value is not protected from inflation or loss, and USCIS does not account for inflation in the “at risk” requirement.
Lynne Feldman
EB-5 Immigration attorneysThey just look at U.S. dollar value when invested.
Bernard P Wolfsdorf
EB-5 Immigration attorneysProvided you meet the statutorily required amount at the time of investment, this should be adequate.
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