{"id":6624,"date":"2016-04-30T01:56:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T01:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2019-02-12T13:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:51:21","slug":"us-eb-5-investment-immigration-visa-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/us-eb-5-investment-immigration-visa-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"US EB5 investment immigration visa in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign investors are attempting to ride the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/united-states-immigrant-investor-eb-5-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">US EB-5 <\/a>horse before it bolts as fears the controversial visa program could be altered have sparked an application surge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications have jumped 271 per cent in two years, from 6,554 in 2013 to 17,791 last year as mainly Chinese nationals look to secure permanent residency status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program requires an investment of $500,000 in a US approved regional centre employing 10 people or more, with visas granted in return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Citizenship and Immigration Services figures show the growth has resulted in 21,988 pending applications, a backlog that could take more than five years to clear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Applications by year<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>17,791<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2015) \u00a0<\/span><b>11,744<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2014) \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>6,554<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Applications pending<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>21,988<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(end of 2015) \u00a0<\/span><b>5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year backlog<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Applications by quarter<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>6,277<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Q1 2016) \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>2,941<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Q1 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Approval rate<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>20%<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Q1 2016) \u00a0<\/span><b>56%<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Q1 2015)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Visas issued<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>80%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Chinese investors<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Minimum investment<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>$500,000<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><strong>General Information: <\/strong><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> to receive more information about US\u00a0EB5\u00a0investment immigration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><strong>Interested Investors<\/strong><\/b><b><strong>:<\/strong><\/b> Kindly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/free-business-investor-assessment-evaluation\/\">complete the following form<\/a> and we will contact you to discuss your global residency and citizenship investment options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/eb-5-program-extended-until-september-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">EB-5 Program Extended Until September 2016<\/a>\u00a0<strong>(Audio)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/eb-5-program-no-guarantees-for-the-coveted-us-green-card\/\" target=\"_blank\">EB-5 Program\u2014No Guarantees for the Coveted US Green Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign investors are attempting to ride the US EB-5 horse before it bolts as fears the controversial visa program could be altered have sparked an application surge. 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