{"id":9036,"date":"2017-03-27T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/?p=9036"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:03:17","slug":"usa-immigration-candidates-watch-nervously-eb-5-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/usa-immigration-candidates-watch-nervously-eb-5-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Immigration Candidates Watch Nervously As EB-5 Deadline Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"
The future of the EB-5 investment visa for USA immigration remains unclear especially given the controversial policies of Donald Trump on immigration.The current temporary extension of the EB-5 program<\/a> expires on April 28, 2017, and there has been nothing apart from speculation on what Trump proposes to do when that date arrives.<\/p>\n Many would-be candidates for USA immigration<\/a> through the EB-5 program are in limbo awaiting some indication on what Trump wants to do with the visa.<\/p>\n Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n While Chinese investors dominate applications for the investment visa, another key source of candidates is Dubai, a city that draws residents from all over the Middle East, including the seven banned countries.<\/p>\n Investors hoping to secure passage to the U.S. to provide a better future for their children have now had their situations thrown into doubt.<\/p>\n Despite the policies of Donald Trump on immigration<\/a>, real estate industry sources firmly believe he will separate a crackdown on people in the U.S. illegally from a program that has\u00a0generated billions<\/a>\u00a0in foreign investment.<\/p>\n There have been calls for the investment threshold to increase, with separate proposals suggesting $800,000 and $1.35 million respectively as the minimum requirement, but nothing has gained significant traction.<\/p>\n It has faced criticism from several sources, who want it abolished. There are several ongoing court cases linked to potential EB-5 fraud. There are calls for a body to be formed to oversee these transactions, to ensure transparency.<\/p>\n The future of the EB-5 investment visa for USA immigration remains unclear especially given the controversial policies of Donald Trump on immigration.The current temporary extension of the EB-5 program expires on April 28, 2017, and there has been nothing apart from speculation on what Trump proposes to do when that date arrives. Many would-be candidates…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[454],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8hnWW-2lK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nCurrent US EB-5 Investment Requirements<\/h3>\n
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\nFraud Cases Linked to EB-5<\/h3>\n
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