About EB-5 Investor Visa Program
Congress created the EB-5 Investor Visa Program by passing the Immigration Act of 1990, allowing foreign investors to obtain permanent residency in the United States in exchange for meeting certain requirements. These requirements help generate foreign capital and job creation throughout the United State, and especially in area of high unemployment called targeted employment areas. 10,000 green cards or visas or permanent residency are made available each year for qualified immigrant investors. Qualified investors and each member of his/her family receive a conditional visa for two years, at the end of which they will all receive a permanent green card if EB-5 requirements have been met.
The U.S. immigrant investor program is called an EB-5 visa, also known as the Employment Based 5th Preference Visa. An EB-5 visa is a permanent U.S. visa based upon an immigrant’s investment that creates American employment, specifically ten (10) American jobs per investment. Among other requirements, the requisite investment capital is $1 Million USD, and in some areas of the United States (the Antelope Valley is one of them) that have high rates of unemployment called targeted economic areas or TEA’s, the EB-5 investment amount is reduced to $500,000 USD.
EB-5 Investments are broken into two categories: a direct investment into a business, or an investment into a federally approved Regional Center. A Regional Center is a designation granted to an entity that has completed an application process with the USCIS, and helps expedite the receipt of a permanent visa for immigrant investors. Regional Centers are organizations approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to enable, manage and oversee the investment of funds designated by candidates for EB-5. Regional Centers help facilitate the application process, in addition to conducting the enterprises that meet EB-5 visa requirements.
Utilizing the Regional Center EB-5 Visa program, an investor has the most flexible path to a green card based on a U.S. investment. It can also be a relative quick way to earn U.S. Residency. Based on a qualified investment in the U.S., an EB-5 visa investor can earn a green card for himself and his immediate family including his children under age 21. The EB-5 visa does not require the applicant to manage the day-to-day affairs of a business. One may invest in an existing business, or a new business. More than one person may invest in the same business. The EB-5 investor will most likely be a minority owner of the business.
Qualified EB-5 investors will initially receive a conditional visa for themselves and their family, which will be made permanent if they can show the following as part of their I-829 Petition to be filed with the USCCIS: two years of U.S. residency have passed, the original investment requirements have been met and maintained, the investment has been continuous, and the required amount of American jobs have been produced.
The U.S. immigrant investor program is called an EB-5 visa, also known as the Employment Based 5th Preference Visa. An EB-5 visa is a permanent U.S. visa based upon an immigrant’s investment that creates American employment, specifically ten (10) American jobs per investment. Among other requirements, the requisite investment capital is $1 Million USD, and in some areas of the United States (the Antelope Valley is one of them) that have high rates of unemployment called targeted economic areas or TEA’s, the EB-5 investment amount is reduced to $500,000 USD.
EB-5 Investments are broken into two categories: a direct investment into a business, or an investment into a federally approved Regional Center. A Regional Center is a designation granted to an entity that has completed an application process with the USCIS, and helps expedite the receipt of a permanent visa for immigrant investors. Regional Centers are organizations approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to enable, manage and oversee the investment of funds designated by candidates for EB-5. Regional Centers help facilitate the application process, in addition to conducting the enterprises that meet EB-5 visa requirements.
Utilizing the Regional Center EB-5 Visa program, an investor has the most flexible path to a green card based on a U.S. investment. It can also be a relative quick way to earn U.S. Residency. Based on a qualified investment in the U.S., an EB-5 visa investor can earn a green card for himself and his immediate family including his children under age 21. The EB-5 visa does not require the applicant to manage the day-to-day affairs of a business. One may invest in an existing business, or a new business. More than one person may invest in the same business. The EB-5 investor will most likely be a minority owner of the business.
Qualified EB-5 investors will initially receive a conditional visa for themselves and their family, which will be made permanent if they can show the following as part of their I-829 Petition to be filed with the USCCIS: two years of U.S. residency have passed, the original investment requirements have been met and maintained, the investment has been continuous, and the required amount of American jobs have been produced.
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