General program and family/immigration questions. Answers stay general — always confirm specifics with your own attorney.
A qualifying investor may seek permanent residence for themselves, their spouse, and their unmarried children under 21 at the time of filing.
The Child Status Protection Act may preserve a child's eligibility in some circumstances, but the calculation is case-specific and time-sensitive. This is a question to raise with an immigration attorney as early as possible — it should not be assumed to resolve automatically.
Yes. Unlike some other visa categories, EB-5 permanent residents are not required to live near, or work for, the sponsoring project.
No. Regional Center investors are generally passive with respect to day-to-day management; the law requires an appropriate level of investor involvement in policy-making, which counsel can explain in the context of a specific offering's structure.
Many nonimmigrant visa holders, including H-1B and F-1 holders, can pursue EB-5. Maintaining lawful status during the process, and understanding how EB-5 interacts with a current visa category, are questions for an immigration attorney.
Concurrent filing means filing Form I-485 (adjustment of status) at the same time as Form I-526E. It is only available to investors who are lawfully present in the United States when a visa is immediately available in their category and all other eligibility conditions are met — it is not available to every applicant.
Investors adjusting status inside the United States can generally apply for employment authorization (Form I-765) once Form I-485 is filed. Investors pursuing consular processing should discuss work-authorization timing with counsel, since it depends on their existing status.
Investors adjusting status inside the United States can generally apply for a travel document (Form I-131 / advance parole). Traveling without an approved travel document while a case is pending can jeopardize that application — confirm timing with an immigration attorney before booking travel.
Conditional permanent residence is a two-year green card status granted to approved EB-5 investors and their families. Conditions are removed by filing Form I-829 near the end of the two-year period, converting the status to full permanent residence.
Form I-829 is filed during the 90-day window immediately before the two-year conditional permanent resident status expires.
Permanent residents generally become eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship after five years of continuous permanent residence, subject to other statutory requirements. This is a general timeline, not a guarantee, and should be confirmed with an immigration attorney based on individual circumstances.
$800,000 for a qualifying rural TEA, high-unemployment TEA, or infrastructure project, and $1,050,000 for a standard (non-TEA) project. See our Investment Amounts guide for detail.
No. EB-5 capital must be placed "at risk" by law, and no return of capital, return on investment, or repayment timeline is guaranteed. Review the Understanding EB-5 Risks page and the applicable offering documents before investing.
USCIS may approve a Regional Center's Form I-956F for a specific offering, which reflects USCIS's regulatory review of that filing. It is not a government endorsement of the investment's financial merits, an investment recommendation, or a guarantee that any individual investor's Form I-526E will be approved.