{"id":9047,"date":"2017-03-27T18:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T19:03:10","slug":"trump-immigration-ban-sees-arabs-scramble-eb-5-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/trump-immigration-ban-sees-arabs-scramble-eb-5-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Immigration Ban Sees Arabs Scramble For EB-5 Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
The new Donald Trump immigration ban has sparked a surge in interest in the US EB-5<\/a> visa from citizens of the six targeted countries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although the new order does not come into force until March 16, 2017 \u2013 and is also the subject of two legal challenges \u2013 investors who may have been considering applying for the EB-5 program are now rushing to get their applications in before it is too late.<\/p>\n The latest Trump immigration ban<\/a> attempts to bar foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from USA immigration for 90 days. It also suspends the USA refugee program for 120 days.<\/p>\n The Trump administration says the ban is necessary while a system of extreme vetting is established for immigration candidates.<\/p>\n With the future possibility of USA immigration<\/a> uncertain, there has been a reported surge in interest of 200 per cent for the EB-5 program from citizens of the six affected countries.<\/p>\n Potential EB-5 clients do not only have the Trump immigration ban to worry about, as it remains unclear what the president intends to do with the\u00a0controversial program<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n Despite Trump\u2019s anti-immigration position, real estate industry sources firmly believe he will separate the crackdown from a program that has\u00a0generated billions<\/a>\u00a0in foreign investment from mainly Chinese candidates.<\/p>\n The current program is subject to a temporary extension that expires on April 28, 2017.<\/p>\n There have been calls for the investment threshold to increase, with separate proposals suggesting $800,000 and $1.3 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 Further reading<\/b><\/p>\n The new Donald Trump immigration ban has sparked a surge in interest in the US EB-5 visa from citizens of the six targeted countries. Although the new order does not come into force until March 16, 2017 \u2013 and is also the subject of two legal challenges \u2013 investors who may have been considering applying…<\/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-2lV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047"}],"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=9047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCurrent US EB-5 Investment Requirements<\/h3>\n
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\nFraud Cases Linked to EB-5<\/h3>\n
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