Congress has passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), which introduced new immigration fees, allocated funds for border security, and imposed limits on employment authorization for specific immigrant groups.
While the bill includes immigration reforms, it does not have direct implications for the EB-5 investment immigration program, professionals said.
Understanding the legislative change on EB-5
According to the American Immigrant Investor Alliance, stakeholders in the EB-5 industry are actively monitoring the developments and potential impacts of the new legislation on their community.
“We currently don’t see any major impact to EB-5 investors on the recently passed OBBA, but we will be monitoring the situation should anything change in that regard,” Yiran Cheng, Head of Communications at AIIA said.
Canam’s Christine Chen and immigration attorney Carolyn Lee also assured investors of the stability of the program in a recent webinar. Lee emphasized that, “It doesn’t really affect legal pathways to immigration, EB-5 being one of them, and EB-5 being a legislated program that will be in place for quite some time.”
Additionally, Lee noted that the new bill signals a current enforcement compliance environment in the immigration landscape.
The new law primarily presented new costs for non-immigrant visa categories like F-1, H-1B, L-1, or O-1, said U.S. immigration attorney Renata Duarte.
“It introduces a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ on all non‑immigrant visas payable upon visa issuance,” she said. “The fee is required in addition to the existing non-immigrant visa fees, which raises the cost of obtaining a visa for most nonimmigrants.”
EB-5 emerges as a smart pathway
As the U.S. immigration landscape shifts, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program offers a clear, structured, and lawful path to permanent residency.
The EB-5 program is ruled by the Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA), which introduced enhanced oversight and integrity measures that align with the enforcement priorities of the current immigration legislation. However, the current RIA authorization is set to sunset in 2027.
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