EB-5 Investors

EB-5 lawyers in South Florida

The EB-5, Green Card through investment, was created to promote investments in businesses and to create and preserve jobs in the U.S. You can become a lawful permanent resident by establishing a new commercial enterprise and provide full-time employment to at least ten U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or other immigrants with employment authorization.

Benefits of the Green Card: EB-5

  • You have unlimited right to live anywhere in the U.S.
  • You do not require an employment authorization to accept employment.
  • You can develop and run your own business.
  • You do not need a family member or employer to sponsor you.
  • You can sponsor Green Cards for your relatives.

Requirements for the Green Card: EB-5

You may be eligible for Green Card through investment by having invested or be in the process of investing the required amount of capital in a new commercial enterprise in the U.S. The investment must benefit the U.S. economy and create ten of full-time jobs for qualified persons within the U.S.

1) Creating a New Commercial Enterprise

You may create a new commercial enterprise by:

  • Creating an original business.
  • Purchasing an existing business and simultaneously or subsequently restructuring or reorganizing the business such that a new commercial enterprise results.
  • Expanding an existing business by 140 per cent of the pre-investment number of jobs or net worth, or retaining all existing jobs in a troubled business that has lost 20 per cent of its net worth over the past 12 to 24 months.

2) Investing in a New Commercial Enterprise

You must have invested or be actively in the process of investing at least $1,000,000 in the new commercial enterprise, unless the investment is to be made in a targeted employment area, in which case the investment must be at least $500,000.

3) Benefit the U.S. Economy and Create Jobs

Your engagement in a new commercial enterprise must benefit the U.S. economy and:

  • Create full-time employment for not fewer than ten qualified individuals.
  • You have an approved employment based immigrant petition.Maintain the number of existing employees at no less than the pre-investment level for a period of at least two years, where the capital investment is being made in a “troubled business,” which is a business that has been in existence for at least two years and that has lost 20 per cent of its net worth over the past 12 to 24 months.
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