EB-5 Investor Visa

Foreign investors are increasingly exploring EB-5 visas which are suitable for qualified foreign investors with high net worth and/or significant annual income. Generally, wealthy retirees and parents who want to secure their children’s future utilize the program to recapture their capital investment and to obtain their green card. To achieve these goals the investor must proceed carefully when selecting the appropriate investment vehicle.

The EB-5 Green Card Program, created by the United States Congress, has two primary purposes: first, to create jobs to enhance the U.S. economy and, second, to allow qualified foreign investors to become lawful permanent U.S. residents. Under the EB-5 Green Card Program, the foreign investor as well as his/her family will be allowed to work in the United States. The program is open to all individuals from varied backgrounds who are seeking to improve their quality of life, to retire in the United States or to have their children attend U.S. colleges or universities. Three thousand green cards are reserved, annually, for those willing to invest either $500,000 (or $1 million if outside a Targeted Employment Area) resulting in creation of the requisite permanent jobs.