An EB-5 investment should be evaluated on its ability to meet immigration requirements, and its ability to repay investors in a timely manner with minimal risk.
This starts with a thorough review of all relevant documents, and verification of all being claims made. Next, evaluate the business model and the people charged with executing it.
Lastly, it's important to compare the terms of the investment with the rest of the market.
An EB-5 investment should be evaluated on its ability to meet immigration requirements, and its ability to repay investors in a timely manner with minimal risk.
This starts with a thorough review of all relevant documents, and verification of all being claims made. Next, evaluate the business model and the people charged with executing it.
Lastly, it's important to compare the terms of the investment with the rest of the market.
EB-5 is fundamentally an economic development program, with permanent U.S. residency (Green Cards) offered as an incentive to encourage wealthy individuals to invest a minimum of $500,000 into a new commercial enterprise, and create 10 new jobs for Americans.
Choose an investment
File Form I-526
Receive conditional Green Cards
Remove Green Card conditions
Third-party due diligence helps ensure that the investment you select is highly likely to meet the immigration program requirements and to return your capital in full.
After making an investment, you will file Form I-526 with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), typically with the help of an immigration lawyer experienced in EB-5.
Your petition will demonstrate your lawful source of funds, and a business plan that meets program requirements.
Once your I-526 petition is approved, if you are already in the U.S., you'll file Form I-485 to adjust your status. If you are outside the U.S., you will file Form DS-260.
Upon approval of either petition, you and your family become conditional permanent U.S. residents for the next two years.
One year and nine months into conditional permanent residency, you'll submit Form I-829, showing evidence that your investment created the 10 full-time U.S. jobs required, proof that your investment was sustained “at-risk”, and that no material changes to the EB-5 project occurred.
Once this is approved, your conditions are removed and your family become permanent U.S. residents.
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Respected by top immigration lawyers and regional centers, Rupy Cheema heads up the leading due diligence team in the EB-5 industry. She and her firm have reviewed over 200 EB-5 offerings and are committed to providing independent third-party analysis of EB-5 projects — to verify the claims made in the offering, evaluate their strengths and risks, and provide full transparency.
EB5 Diligence works with investors, immigration lawyers, broker-dealers, investment advisors, migration agents, and EB-5 regional centers.
Rupy is the CEO and founder of EB5 Diligence. She has been a member of IIUSA, the national not-for-profit trade association for EB-5, and a member of their Best Practices committee and speaks regularly about what to look for when evaluating EB-5 investments.
Before founding EB5 Diligence in 2012, her background included business audits for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and Chief Financial Officer at Contractors.com. Rupy graduated from York University and is a certified general accountant.