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EB-5 visa program offers 10,000 U.S. green cards a year
Each year 10,000 U.S. green cards are made available through the EB-5 visa program but less than half are utilized. Only 4,218 were issued last year, according to the U.S. State Department.
The EB-5 visa program allows foreigners to become eligible for their U.S. green cards if they invest $1 million in an American business and that investment leads to the preservation, or creation, of 10 jobs. In economically depressed areas, called Targeted Employment Areas, only $500,000 needs to be invested to become green card eligible.
Three-thousand of the 10,000 green cards are set aside for foreigners who invest through a regional center, a private corporation or government body that directs and manages the investment. However, 3,000 is not a ceiling for EB-5 visas obtained through regional centers; that number can be exceeded, which is a very good thing since it is estimated that 90 percent of EB-5 visas are awarded through EB-5 regional centers.
One of the most attractive features of the EB-5 visa program is that once an investor secures their green card, they can live anywhere in America. They aren’t tied down to the area in which they invested.
The EB-5 visa program provides a proven and reliable route to American green cards for those fortunate enough to afford it.