EB-5 Visa

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa is one of the routes easier and more flexible an immigrant can take if they are interested in obtaining a U.S. visa green card (permanent residence). These visas are subject to an investment in the United States with the creation, directly or indirectly, for a fixed amount of full-time jobs. An applicant can not achieve either of these visas, filling one of the following criteria:

1) If the immigrant invests at least (1) million dollars and hiring employees at least ten live across the United States;

2) If the immigrant investing (5) five hundred thousand dollars and employs at least ten direct employees in a region of the United States, where the unemployment rate in this region exceeds the rate of unemployment in the country (national rate) in a ratio of 1.5 to 1, or

3) If the immigrant is investing in a regional center that has the ability to use the creation of direct, indirect and induced effects.

It is important to take notes on these criteria. First, the immigrant does not essentially control the every day operations of the business they start. They should not really start a new business; they can instead invest in an existing business such as their investment facilitates the required amount of new jobs.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have elected particular organizations of regional centers. These centers are entitled to collect Investment funds from immigrant looking for a visa eb5 investor. By taking part to one of these regional centers, immigrants are permitted to use a more indirect form of creating jobs, instead of simply hiring direct employees who are requisite to meet the criteria. In the case of an investment in a regional center, an independent expert to verify the validity of the investment and its potential to create jobs. While some investments need Regional Centre (1) million dollars in the figure to be eligible, if the Regional Centre is located in an area of??High unemployment as described in two criteria, the required capital will be reduced to 500,000 $.

There are 10,000 of these visas immigrant investor available per calendar year, with 3,000 of these investments being appointed to the Regional Centre.