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| Empire State EB-5 Regional Center |
The USCIS administers the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as “EB-5” or
"Employment-Based Immigration: Fifth Preference ," created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors in U.S. business ventures. Under a pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 and recently extended another three years into 2015, certain EB-5 visas also are set aside for investors in Regional Centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.
Required minimum investments for EB-5 immigrant investor are:
- The minimum qualifying investment in the United States is $1 million.
- Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000.
