India is a significant source of demand for investment immigration programs across the world. From the US EB-5 visa and Portugal’s golden visa to Malta’s citizenship program, India topped the list of countries with the highest investment immigration inquiries in 2020. The pandemic and all its disruptions notwithstanding, wealthy Indians showed keen interest to invest…
A new U.S. bill is proposing to eliminate the per-country cap for all employment-based green cards, including the EB-5 visa. Currently, the EB-5 program has an annual quota of 10,000 visas with a per-country cap of around 700 visas. If excess applications are received, then these are carried forward to the next year. The net…
The US EB-5 visa has seen a significant shift in the source countries of candidates, according to the latest data. Between 2014 and 2019, Chinese candidates have surged and then crashed, with the shortfall being made up by Indians and Vietnamese candidates. Like all immigration programs, the EB-5 faces an uncertain future with the impact…
With the US hiking investment limits for the EB-5, is it time to for Canada to revive the suspended Canada Immigrant Investor Program? As the US implements a massive 80 per cent hike in minimum investments for the EB-5 program, it is an appropriate time to question the rationale behind Canada’s decision to completely ignore…
Plans to increase investment thresholds for the U.S. EB-5 visa program have again been deferred, with the latest temporary extension expiring on December 7, 2018. Despite widespread agreement that the program requires updating, consensus on exactly how that update will look has again proven elusive. Lawmakers agree that the minimum investment to qualify for the…