EB-5 Investors Visa

As part of the agreement by Congress and the president to end the government funding stalemate, the EB-5 program will be authorised thru September 30, 2019.  Many may be aware that over the past few months Iowa Rep. Steve King proposed to terminate the EB-5 program.  However, his bill garnered zero support, illuminating how lawmakers…

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program — under which foreigners have invested billions of dollars in the U.S. to obtain American green cards — is set to expire in September. Some critics want the immigration program to be scrapped on concerns about fraud, abuse and national security risks. Another contentious issue is how expensive the program…

What is the EB-5 Program, what are the benefits, and how can foreign nationals obtain these EB-5 green card benefits for their families? The EB-5 Program was created by Congress in 1990 as a way to stimulate the U.S. economy through capital investment and job creation. In exchange for investing $1 million, or more often…

Facing a crackdown on their favorite visa to enter the United States, hundreds of wealthy Indians are turning to another program that fast tracks immigrants to a green card. Applications from India for EB-5 visas — which give immigrants a green card if they invest $500,000 and create 10 jobs in the United States —…

US plans to revoke a policy which enables H-1B spouses to obtain an employment authorization document Also, international entrepreneurs will not be able to apply for parole to nurture their startups for a certain period Both these Obama-era policies will be revoked in a bid to attain the objectives of ‘Buy American, Hire Amercian’. It is…

For students planning to study in the U.S., the EB-5 Visa offers several advantages over the F-1 Visa The American Dream has captured the fancy of many, especially those Indians aspiring to live and work in the U.S. Moreover, with limited options and tough competition in the motherland, many choose education as a stepping-stone towards…

The United States Congress created the EB-5 Program in 1990 to enable high net worth foreign investors to obtain a US visa for themselves and their immediate family. The EB-5 visa is gaining popularity as an alternative to the embattled H-1B visa, which is the most popular US visa category for the movement of Indian…

As the H-1B visa program faces future uncertainty, especially under the Trump administration, many H-1B visa holders are turning to the EB-5 Program as a shorter alternative pathway to U.S. citizenship. The H-1B visa program has faced uncertainty ever since President Trump expressed a desire for U.S. companies to hire more Americans. A bill was…

The current administration’s recent crackdown on H-1B visas as well as the lengthy waiting lists for EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based visas has forced many Indians to find an alternative green card to allow them to live the American Dream and work in the United States. A large number of Indian students and workers are now…

Indian investors are pursing EB-5 immigrant investor visas in greater numbers than ever before. The EB-5 immigrant visa allows qualifying investors to receive green cards, based on an investment of US$500,000 in the U.S. that creates at least 10 new jobs. The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) statistics show that Indian investors and their families received 149…