Separate the qualifying capital requirement from project charges, professional and official costs, taxes and household needs. Obtain appropriate financial and tax advice.
Use actual obligations
Read the offering and funding terms before assuming any amount is refundable or available for living expenses. Immigration eligibility is not an investment-return guarantee. A headline threshold does not describe the total cost or commercial risk of the proposal.
A regional centre administrative fee, government filing charges published in the USCIS fee schedule for the investor petition, the residence application and the later removal of conditions, plus immigration and securities counsel and a professionally prepared source of funds report. Escrow and administrative charges, subscription fees, legal work on the petition, translations of financial records spanning several countries, medical examinations, and the consular or adjustment steps for each family member all fall at different points. The standard amount is one million and fifty thousand United States dollars, reduced to eight hundred thousand for an enterprise in a targeted employment area or for an infrastructure project, with statutory adjustment beginning on the first of January, 2027.
- USCIS — EB-5 investor program
- USCIS — business and investment visa overview
- USCIS — Child Status Protection Act
- Department of State — Visa Bulletin
- USCIS — fee schedule
- U.S. Code — INA 203(b)(5), investment thresholds and adjustment
- USCIS EB-5 policy manual
- USCIS I-829
- 8 USC 1153 — permissible capital and jobs
- 8 CFR 204.6(e) — qualifying employees only