Can an alien own and operate the EB-5 New Commercial Enterprise and Job Creating Entity, while the regional center must be owned and operated by a US citizen or permanent resident? What are the rules regarding nationality?
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Lynne Feldman
EB-5 Immigration attorneysFor a private project the investor foreign national may be the owner.

Bernard P Wolfsdorf
EB-5 Immigration attorneysCorrect, RC must be owned by USC or LPR, but JCE/NCE can be a foreign national.
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