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FAQ
An EB-5 Regional Center is an organization, designated and regulated by USCIS, which facilitates investment in job-creating economic development projects by pooling capital raised under the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Regional centers can be publicly owned, (e.g. by a city, state, or regional economic development agency), privately owned, or be a public-private partnership.
• Identify investment opportunities that will create jobs in local communities, often in partnership with economic development agencies.
• Assist in marketing those investment opportunities to investors from around the world.
• Ensure that the investment offering complies with federal and state securities laws and
SEC regulations as well as specific EB-5 requirements.
EB-5 investments that are affiliated with EB-5 Regional Centers are made through private placements - the sale of securities to a relatively small number of select investors. Like all private placements, which are used by companies to raise capital in a number of contexts, EB-5 private placements are governed by federal and state securities laws and regulations.
A private placement memorandum is developed that details the investment offering, including detailed explanations of the project that will be funded along with disclosures of risk and material information consistent with all applicable federal and state laws. The economics of the project related to EB-5 specifically – the expected job creation – are also detailed in the memorandum. In some cases, the issuer of the private placement memorandum is an EB-5 Regional Center itself. In other situations, the issuer is business entity that will be receiving the investment funds and is affiliated with a Regional Center.
By law, an EB-5 investor is required to invest a minimum of $1.8 million, unless the investment is located in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA)
– a rural area or area of high- unemployment designated by USCIS. Regional Centers funding projects in TEA’s can accept a minimum of $900,000 from each EB-5 investor.
Full service EB-5
We at EB5 Visa value our clients, firmly believing that each relationship is special. While we may work and focus on the numbers, it’s the joy in knowing we’ll get you your Visa that keeps our work worthwhile. Our dream team of communications, economics and corporate management professionals are also people who are here to serve you every step of the way.
To this end, our firm employs three Ph.D. economists, specializing in EB5 and non-EB5 economic job creation studies, TEA (Targeted Employment Area) designations, and EB5 business plan writing. We research, inspect and solidify the business opportunities that capitalize on profit — whose framework is strong, whose potential is without question.
Each of our members will ultimately be there every step of the way— from your initial investment to obtaining your permanent EB-5 Visa to returning your investment with interest. You are our inspiration and we cannot wait to work with you.
Trusted Security
In a world rife with uncertainty, we at Empire State EB5 Regional Center work to pave a foundation for trust every day, digging our heels in and finding the devil in the details. There is no room to miss the mark. There is no losing the trust of our clients. There is no room for risk.
That is why our firm uses RIMS II and IMPLAN Pro Input-Output models, so that we can identify the economic job creation impacts, in support of I-924 regional center applications, I924A and I-829 job reporting and RFE (Request for Evidence) responses. Where there are jobs, there is growth. And where there is growth, there is profit. We use these models for dozens of regional centers, resulting in our track record of the USCIS appraising each of our issued visas with 100% approval.
To this day, our firm boasts a 100% success rate, completing projects with safety and security at our core. All of our projects to date have been constructed on time, with the budget as projected, and payments issued at dates specified.
Obtaining a visa sounds stressful enough as it is — and the world seems to draw a fine line between risk and reward. EB5 Visas, however, cross no lines and instead weigh heavily on the reward, tipping the scale so there’s no competition. Trusted security is etched into our company’s fabric, clear cut and in every way a necessity.
Lifelong Impact
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” These great words by Ralph Waldo Emerson say it best: we at EB5 Visa want to be the reason you can breathe a little easier when it comes to obtaining your visa, when it comes to establishing your new home in the U.S.
On that same token, our 100% success rate is not only because we do our research, follow guidelines and seal all the proper nuts and bolts — but also because we look for investments that foster lifelong impact just the same.
Each project we sponsor through EB5 is set for success through the roots it has in its community. Without ensuring the meaning, purpose and precision to each decision, investments would fall short. We must meet the community’s needs head on, filling its gaps with the necessary resources — that way, everyone finds a win.
Our trusted experts, investor relations and ever-growing decade-long legacy are the fruits we bear every day, and each are here to ensure your EB5 experience is engrossed with seamlessness — with efficiency, productivity and, a common favorite, profit. By carving out projects from the booming sectors we identify in market research, we know the lifelong impact is there for both you and our investments. This, for us, is to have succeeded, masterfully.
