If you are a business investor who wishes direct control over your investment, then the Regional Center would not be for you.  Please follow this link to EB5 Direct.

You will usually have no control over your investment in a Regional Center.

 

​This program for alien investors seeking to enter the U.S. is for them to engage in an active commercial enterprise that will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs.  The investment must be in an active business; it may not be a passive investment such as the stock market. 

 

This new business must employ at least ten people per investor. As a general rule, the immigrant must invest at least $1,000,000, (see EB5 Direct.).  although the amount may be $500,000 if the investment is made in an approved “targeted employment area.”   (these are not the best of areas) and is done to improve the area and the high unemployment in the area.

Under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(5), 10,000 immigrant visas per year are available to qualified individuals seeking permanent resident status on the basis of their engagement in a new commercial enterprise​

 

If an EB-5 application is approved, the alien becomes a conditional permanent resident for 2 years. 

In effect, through his investment, the alien and his family can secure a temporary green card. 

After 2 years, the person and his family file to remove the condition.  If he has satisfied the conditions, then he and his family will receive a permanent Green Card.

 

Foreign investors in a designated regional center must do the following:

1. Demonstrate that a "qualified investment" is being made in a new commercial enterprise located within an approved Regional Center; and,

2. Show that 10 or more jobs are actually created either directly or indirectly by the new commercial enterprise through revenues generated. from increased exports, improved regional productivity, job creation, or increased domestic  
    

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