U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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These visas are sometimes known as "investor visas" or "commercial center visas". To be eligible for an EB-5 visa, the applicant must:

• Establish a new commercial enterprise by creating a new business, purchasing an existing one and changing it in such a way that a new business emerges or expanding a previous business to create at least 140 percent of the existing workforce or net worth;

• Invest at least $1 million in the new commercial enterprise.  

• Invest at least $1 million in a "TEA". USCIS defines a TEA as an area which, at the time of investment, is a rural area not within either a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or the outer boundary of any city or town having a population of  20,000 or more, or an area within an MSA or the outer boundary of a city or town having a  population of 20,000 or more which has experienced unemployment of at least 150% of the national average rate.

• For additional information:  uscis.gov 

1. Selecting an Immigration Path

2. Identify and select an EB-5 compliant investment opportunity

3. Investment   

4. Filing of I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien     Entrepreneur

5. Conditional EB-5 Visa

6.  Fund Transfer required “At-Risk” capital contribution into escrow 

7. Monitor and Manage Investment

8. Fulfill Job Creation Requirement

9. Filing of I-829 Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions

10. Permanent United States Residence Visa

• Foreign investors do not need sponsorship from employer or family member.
• No language, business, or education are required
• Permitted to work and live anywhere in the US 

• Can travel to and from the United States without a visa
• The entire family will become a permanent resident in the United States
• Pay lower tuition for colleges and universities 

• EB-5 financing offers a lower cost structure to traditional capital-markets-based subordinate financing. 

• EB-5 financing can be structured as mezzanine financing or preferred equity depending on project, sponsorship, advisors and senior lenders.