When and where do I get the physical EB-5 visa?

Three are multiple steps – I-526 approval and then finally immigrant visa processing ending with an immigrant visa in your passport. You travel to US and get permanent residency status and later PR card after entry. This is a simplified explanation and if you want more details I suggest scheduling a consult with us.

If you go through the consular processing (interview) and pass the interview, you will receive an EB-5 visa. Then, you will enter into the U.S. with that EB-5 visa. USCIS will then mail the physical green card to the address designed by you.

If you selected Consular Processing on your EB-5 petition, after the petition is approved, your case will be sent to the U.S. Consulate where you reside. You will need to attend an interview at the Consulate. If you are approved, you will get an immigrant visa stamp in your passport with validity of up to 6 months. As soon as you enter the U.S. using that visa, you become a conditional green card holder. Your plastic green card will come to you in the mail within 120 days of your first arrival to the U.S. on that immigrant visa. While you are waiting for the card, your immigrant visa stamp together with the CBP entry stamp serve as evidence of your conditional green card holder status for a year since your first arrival on that visa.

Thank you for your inquiry. Based on your question I assume that you would be outside the United States while the EB-5 process is pending. At the end of the entire process you will be scheduled for an immigrant visa interview at the US Embassy where you will give your passport to the Embassy. If the interview is successful the Embassy will return the passport with an immigrant visa stamped into it. Once you enter the US with this document you will be mailed a social security card and the physical green card.
Usually the physical green card is mailed to the address you provided within 30 days.

For your EB-5 immigrant visa, it is issued by the U.S. Consulate or Embassy in your home country. Once you get the visa, you can enter the U.S. with the visa. Then it takes about one to two months to have your green card delivered to your address in the U.S. The green card must be delivered to your address in the U.S.

Once your EB‑5 petition (Form I‑526/E) is approved, the process continues as follows:
1. USCIS sends your approved petition to the National Visa Center (NVC). You’ll receive a case number and instructions on fees, submitting DS‑260, and required documents.
2. After NVC reviews your documents and schedules your visa interview, a consular officer will conduct the interview.
3. If approved, you’ll get an I‑551 immigrant visa stamp in your passport (valid for 6 months), and a sealed visa packet.
4. Enter the United States: Bring your passport, visa stamp, sealed
packet, and DS‑260 confirmation. When you arrive, the CBP officer at the port of entry will admit you as a conditional permanent resident, and usually affix an I‑551 stamp in your passport as temporary proof.
5. USCIS sends your actual conditional Green Card to your U.S. address within about 45–120 days after entry.