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EB-5 Investor Visa Update January 10, 2022

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A decision on January 5, 2022 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to drop an appeal hopefully provides some clarification to confusion and uncertainties about the minimum required investment...

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A decision on January 5, 2022 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to drop an appeal hopefully provides some clarification to confusion and uncertainties about the minimum required investment caused by a June 22, 2021 Federal Court Decision.

In this Article we will provide more details about that and an update about the EB-5 Regional Center Program which expired on June 30, 2021.

EB-5 is not for the faint hearted, and certainly not for those who cannot easily afford to have the funds tied up for a long time and a potential loss of the amount invested. Here are the details.

EB-5: Amount of Investment

The program was created in 1990 and the law specified that the standard amount required was $1 million, but if the investment was in a targeted employment area (TEA), the required amount was $500,000. The 1990 law contained a process by which the Secretary of Homeland Security could increase the standard amount. On July 21, 2019, then-Acting Homeland

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