On May 1, 2025, the EU just closed the last bastion of hope for gaining citizenship in the EU. The EU won’t any longer permit citizenship by donation in Malta. All other EU countries had had already closed their citizenship by investment programs.
An increasing number of countries are closing their citizenship programs.
Donald Trump announced his intention to close the $800,000 EB-5 US citizenship program and replace it with a Trump Gold Card requiring a $5,000,000 donation.
Fortunately, present congressional law maintains the current EB5 program until 7 September 2027. For those who have decided to apply, we advise you begin the process now. EB-5 demand has already surged as we approach the applications grandfathering deadline a year earlier of September 7, 2026.
EB-5 Lawyer processing times already doubled in preparation time. This delay will worsen as time passes, EB-5 projects are selling out and far fewer new projects will replace them.
The US remains the last Western economy permitting migration through investment. By investing into an EB-5 US job creation project approved by USCIS, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a green card for Permanent Residency followed by US citizenship is assured.
Although applicants need to be quite wealthy to be able to afford the initial total outlay of around $900,000, $400k of which can be via a low-interest rate loan, all EB-5 projects are contracted to repay EB-5 investors $800,000 capital investment portion of the total outlay, typically in 3 to 5 years. A single application covers a family and any number of children under 21 years at the time of application.
At Residency Invest, we have facilitated many EB-5 applications leading to hundreds of green cards with 100% approvals for all our applicants.
If you are interested in an EB-5 US green card for you or your family? Please complete the form to declare your interest and we’ll send you all the information you’ll need. Please indicate how soon you would like to begin the application process.
Established in 2013, and now one of the most experienced companies offering EB-5, our success rate is measured by the US government approval of our EB-5 applicants. This stands at 100%.
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