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, […]
The EB-5 Visa Process Explained (2025 Guide)
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program provides a path to U.S. permanent residency for eligible foreign investors. While each applicant’s journey is unique, the process follows a clear structure governed by U.S. immigration law. This guide outlines the steps in the EB-5 process as of 2025, including typical timelines and key requirements. EB-5 Process for Investors […]
EB-5 Visas: 2025 Changes and What Investors Need to Know
The Visa Bulletins for April and May 2025 released by the U.S. Department of State, have implemented significant modifications to the EB-5 Unreserved visa category. These changes have a substantial impact on how investors plan for U.S. permanent residency through the EB-5 immigrant visa program. At the same time, Reserved EB-5 categories—Rural, High-Unemployment, and Infrastructure—remain […]
Regional Centers Explained:
The Benefits of Vertical Integration in EB-5 Investments In essence, the role of an EB-5 regional center is serving as an asset management firm. This is the closest description to their conventional business practices, because regional centers primarily deploy equity to projects, handle the management of funds, report on those funds, and hold all fiduciary […]
Is EB-5 Still Open? Potential EB-5 Investors Want to Know
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 […]
Dealing with an EB-5 Petition Denial
The United States EB 5 Visa, employment-based fifth preference category or EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program was created by the Immigration Act of 1990. The program offers many benefits, which made the program very popular among affluent aspiring immigrants. One benefit of the program is that it doesn’t require any particular education level or occupation. […]
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 […]
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 […]
EB5 Process Walkthrough: Step by Step
As an immigrant investor, there are generally 4 steps towards receiving your Green Card through the EB5 process and real estate investment opportunities. In order to become a permanent resident in the United States through the USCIS EB5 visa program, you must follow these steps outlined below. Contact Houston EB5 Taking the First Steps in […]