What is the advantage of the EB-5 visa compared to other US visas?

EB-5 allows persons who invest $800,000 to get a green card without proving no US workers is available for job or person is top of their field. It also allows person and family under 21 years to study, work or run a business.

The EB-5 visa process and EB-5 investment petition can now be concurrently filed with your Application for Adjustment in the U.S., with your family: investor, spouse, and minor children. The EB-5 investor can pursue a process with their own business, or an EB-5 Regional Center business operated and owned by another entrepreneur.

At the end of the day, most people who choose EB-5 are not eligible for a *timely* grant of residence status through any other means.

That’s a very broad question that generally requires a comprehensive consultation with an immigration attorney based on your specific circumstances and qualifications. There are various family- or employment-based immigration options. There are also various nonimmigrant visa options to work, study, visit in the US. Main advantage is that EB-5 is an immigrant visa leading to a conditional 2-year green card, then to a permanent green card after removal of the conditions, and then ultimately to a US citizenship.