The EB-5 visa program offers foreign investors the opportunity to apply for U.S. permanent residency by making an investment of $900,000 or $1.8 million in an entity that will create 10 U.S. jobs. Applicants have the option to make an investment in an entity associated with a USCIS-approved regional center, which enables them to take advantage of direct and indirect job creation outside of that entity, or to make an investment that is not sponsored by a regional center, which requires they demonstrate job creation directly by their investment entity. In a regional center sponsored-project, both direct and indirect jobs created by the investment entity or an associated entity (a job-creating entity) may be counted to satisfy the job creation requirements. For a direct EB-5 investment, only full-time jobs created directly by the investment entity may be counted towards the job creation requirements. Many believe the job-creating requirements of the EB-5 visa program are more lenient for investors in regional center projects, because both direct and indirect jobs can be taken into the calculation. Regional centers can also help EB-5 investors who are unable or don’t want to manage the day-to-day operation of a job-creating commercial enterprise.
EB-5 Investments Questions & Answers
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How soon can I take the money after the developer repays the loan?
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How can I make sure the money wire meets the EB-5 requirements?
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How can I get my EB-5 capital returned after 11 years?
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How will redeployment work after the EB-5 program ends?
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How should I set up my EB-5 projects for potential investors?
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How can I get a refund after withdrawing my EB-5 application?
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How can a regional center ignore providing withdrawal documentation?
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How can we sue our regional center over denied I-829 petitions?
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How must we update our I-829 with new redeployment documents?
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How can I apply for the EB-5 visa after the deadline?
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How can I self sponsor my EB-5 application?
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How can expanding a current business qualify as an EB-5 project?
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Are rural TEA projects better than other TEA projects?
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How can I know if my EB-5 funds were invested?
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How can living in the EB-5 project I invest in benefit my application?
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How can I truly know if the regional center is trustworthy?
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How can I expedite the processing of my I-485, I-765, and I-131?
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How can I request a refund now that USCIS lowered the EB-5 fees?
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How soon does the 2-year sustainment time begin for my investment?
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How can I tell if my I-485 has been relinked successfully?
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How buying a current business qualifies as an EB-5 investment?
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What is the role of the Regional Center regarding return of capital?
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How can we use our 401(k)s to fund an EB5 investment?
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How much debt can I go into for an EB-5 investment?
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How can I get a loan in the U.S. for my brother’s EB-5 application?

