Understanding Redeployment After I-829 Filing: The Overlooked Risk for EB-5 Investors in 2025
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program allows foreign investors to obtain U.S. permanent residency by investing in businesses that create jobs for American workers. Investors must place their funds into a U.S.-based commercial enterprise that qualifies under the program’s standards. This pathway offers not only immigration benefits but also the potential for financial return. While most […]
Why Direct EB5 Investments Face Higher Denial Rates: What Investors Need to Know
The EB‑5 Immigrant Investor Program offers two distinct paths to U.S. permanent residency: direct EB‑5 investments and regional center investments. While both ultimately lead to a green card if executed properly, recent USCIS data reveals a widening gap in approval success—particularly when it comes to the removal of conditions via Form I‑829. At Houston EB5, […]
Rising Demand in EB-5 TEA Projects Could Lead to Delays for Investors
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is experiencing record demand in 2025, especially in Targeted Employment Area (TEA) categories. These TEA categories include rural areas, high-unemployment zones (HUAs), and infrastructure projects. The program creators designed it to offer a faster path to green cards by setting aside a portion of the annual EB-5 immigrant visa program. […]
What Happens If An EB5 Applicant Dies During The Process?
Under the investment based EB5 Visa, dependent family members of the principal applicant are eligible for conditional green cards. For this purpose, dependent family members include spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 years. Eventually, these family members can get a permanent resident status by filing an I-829 petition for the removal of […]
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program extended to November 21, 2019
The EB-5 Program was set to expire on September 30, 2019. It has now been extended to November 21, 2019. On September 28, a Continuing Resolution was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President to extend the EB-5 Program to November 21, 2019. This extension coincides with the effective date of the […]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Visits Houston EB5’s newest EB5 project, The Allen
Mayor, Developers and Houston EB5 talk Local Job Creation, Investment, and Community. On August 21, 2019 Roberto Contreras, CEO of DC Partners and Houston EB5 and Moez Mangalji, CEO of Westmont Hospitality Group welcomed Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and City of Houston Chief Development Officer Andy Icken to The Allen to discuss the economic and […]
Houston EB5 to Partner with McAllen EB-5 Regional Center for Enhanced Investment Opportunities
On September 11, Houston EB5 announced a unique collaboration with McAllen EB-5 Regional Center, in which the McAllen’s EB-5 Regional Center and Houston EB5 will co-market the EB-5 program to potential foreign investors in the South Texas market. “This partnership is a win-win-win for not only McAllen and Houston, but also, the United States as […]
EB 5 Program Raises U.S. Immigrant Investor Requirement to $900,000 in Q4
Come end of the year, and the popular EB 5 immigrant investor visa program will almost get doubly expensive. From November 21st, 2019, foreign investors looking to gain permanent residency will need to shell out a minimum of $900,000 to qualify for the EB 5 visa. This is almost a 100 percent increase from $500,000, […]
New EB 5 Modernization Rule Significantly Changes the Immigration Investment Program
EB5 visa, the fastest and best path to get a green card underwent yet another update. For close to a decade, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made several attempts to reform the popular EB5 Investor Visa, with little progress. However, on 26th July 2019, the USCIS published New Rules for the modernization of […]
The Fastest, Best Path to Secure US Permanent Residency
The United States immigration law provides several paths for foreign workers to enter the country on a temporary or permanent basis based on their employable skills. EB5 is one of them. Some of these visa classifications, such as the H-1B or L-1A & B, which are temporary employment-based visas, have lately seen a general tightening […]