United States: Congress Reauthorizes EB-5 Regional Center Program and Increases EB-5 Investment Minimums

The EB-5 Regional Center Program will be reauthorized through Fiscal Year 2027 in appropriations legislation passed by Congress late Thursday; the program had been expired since June 30, 2021.

The law imposes a new minimum investment of $1,050,000 for standard EB-5 investments and $800,000 for investments in Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs), and allocates a portion of the EB-5 immigrant visa quota to investments in rural areas, high unemployment areas, and infrastructure projects.

With the reauthorization, USCIS will be able to accept new Regional Center filings and continue to adjudicate pending cases that were suspended after last year’s program expiration, […]

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