U.S. Immigration through Investment

Become a Permanent Resident Based on Investment
10,000 immigrant visas per year are made available to qualified individuals seeking permanent resident status in the United States who invest in a new commercial enterprise.

Of the 10,000 investor visas (i.e. EB-5 visas) available annually, 3,000 are set aside for those who apply under a pilot program involving a USCIS-designated "Regional Center."
" Alien investors" must:
• Demonstrate that a "qualified investment" (see below) is being made in a new commercial enterprise located within an approved Regional Center; and,
• Show, using reasonable methodologies, that 10 or more jobs are actually created either directly or indirectly by the new commercial enterprise through revenues generated from increased exports, improved regional productivity, job creation, or increased domestic capital investment resulting from the pilot program.

In general, "eligible individuals" include those:
Who establish a new commercial enterprise by:
• creating an original business;
• purchasing an existing business and simultaneously or subsequently restructuring or reorganizing the business such that a new commercial enterprise results; or
Who have invested – or who are actively in the process of investing – in a new commercial enterprise:
• at least $1,000,000, or
• at least $500,000 where the investment is being made in a "targeted employment area".
Whose engagement in a new commercial enterprise will benefit the United States economy and:

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