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 can I submit my EB-5 project to a regional center?
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How can I work in the US to raise the money for EB-5?
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If my I-829 is denied, can I just leave the US?
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Can I use a loan as an EB-5 source of funds and prepay before approval?
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Can I use EB-5 account money for another investment in the U.S.?
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Do I need to explain the source of funds for repayment of loan taken for EB-5 investment
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What is the advantage of the EB-5 visa compared to other US visas?
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Could a tech services business qualify as an EB-5 investment?
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Can I sponsor my dad with I-130 while my mom waits for EB-5 I-829 approval?
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Can my spouse’s assets and a home mortgage qualify as EB-5 capital?
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Can I apply for EB-5 with a TN visa and use stocks as capital?
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What can I do if my EB-5 Regional Center requests to pay a pro rata portion upon fund redemption?
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Can I apply for EB-5 visa if I’m in the U.S. with an asylum visa?
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What is the fastest route to get an EB-5 visa?
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What to do when Regional Center avoids returning the EB-5 capital after I-829 approval?
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How can I qualify for a U visa if SEC declared my EB-5 project fraudulent?
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How can I renew my driver’s license as an EB-5 applicant with a pending I-526?
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What happens to an EB-5 dependent if the principal applicant abandons a pending I-829 process?
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How does a pending asylum case affect my travel conditions on an advance parole?
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How can I move my children from their EB-5 dependent status to a new application?
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How would adjusting status through marriage affect my chances of recovering my EB-5 investment?
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How can I gift EB-5 investment funds to more than one person at the same time?
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What to do if the embassy returned my EB-5 visa to USCIS for revocation?
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What are the most common RFE reasons for EB-5 I-829s?
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How long after filing the I-526E petition should EB-5 applicants get their receipt notices?
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When does the EB-5 job requirement time start being counted?
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What happens to my EB-5 investment if my application is eventually denied?
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How can I work in the U.S. while my EB-5 I-526 is being processed?