What is EB-5 for American immigrants?

EB-5 American investment immigration is an investment immigration project specially designed to encourage foreign investors to invest in the United States. In order to attract investors to invest in enterprises in the United States, the U.S. Congress approved an EB-5 investment immigration plan (also known as the "job-creation immigration" project) with 1990 investors as the main body, allowing foreign investors, spouses and unmarried children under 2 1 year old to create employment opportunities for local Americans and obtain permanent resident visas (that is, green cards) in the United States. EB5 has become a fast track for investors to legally immigrate to the United States because of its limited qualifications and fast approval speed.

Investors in EB-5 projects need to meet any of the following conditions:

(1) Invest US$ 6,543,800,000 anywhere in the United States and employ at least 654,38,800 employees;

(2) Invest $500,000 in low-employment areas recognized by the state and employ at least 10 employees;

(3) If you invest $500,000 in a specific area approved by the government, you can form an economic entity through investment (according to the relevant policies of the United States, EB-5 project calls such an economic entity a "regional center"), which can be a private entity or a public institution. Through this project, the accumulated funds invested by economic entities will be introduced into specific American regions.

Generally speaking, eligible applicants can know whether their application has been approved by the US Immigration Service within two to six months after the materials are prepared and submitted, and will be issued with a conditional immigrant visa (conditional green card) within six to eight months. After the end of the five-year investment period under the relevant restrictions, investors can only obtain an unconditional green card with the approval of the US Immigration Service, and their spouses and children can also obtain permanent residency. At present, the US government issues 65,438+00,000 EB-5 visas every year, of which 5,000 are reserved for investors who choose to invest in "regional centers".

In addition, the requirements of EB-5 applicants in the United States are relatively loose, and there are no requirements for education, language, age and business background. It only needs to prove that its investment funds are legitimate income (including personal accumulated income, bequest, inheritance, etc.).