2015 was a year like no other in the history of IIUSA or the EB-5 Regional Center Program (the “Program”). We had hundreds of meetings and phone 
calls with key leaders in Congress, offered detailed critiques of complex legislative reform proposals, responded to numerous oversight and critiques of the program from Congress, Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) and the media, avoided overly aggressive reforms that would have effectively killed the program, and survived two different sunset dates.
Building off of the success of 2014 IIUSA was able to continue to illustrate record setting economic growth of the EB-5 Industry Regional Center Program, foster bipartisan support for the Program, strengthen interagency cooperation, and highlight the impact of the EB-5 Program on American communities.
Read the 2015 End of Year Message
Read the 2014 End of Year Message
Side-By-Side Comparison: IIUSA & EB-5 Industry Growth in 2014 & 2015
(To View the PDF Version with Clickable Links Click Here)
| 2014 Year in Review | 2015 Year in Review | |
| Membership Growth | IIUSA Represents 249 Regional Centers Members. Up 45 percent from 135 in 2013, and boasts 211 Associate Members, up 12 percent from 185 last year.
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IIUSA Regional Center Membership grows to 290 while Associate Membership rose to 218. IIUSA members account for 95% of all EB-5 Capital raised and deployed…View our Member Directory (Members Only), to view membership benefits click here. |
| EB-5 Petition Adjudication | 10,928 I-526 investor petitions received with 5,511 approved and 12,453 pending as of October 2014. I-526 processing times reach an all-time high of 14.7 months on October 2014…Read More
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Pending I-526 approvals as of October 2015 reach a record high of 17,367 a 39% increase from 2014. I-526 processing times fall to 12.8 months as of October 2015; the 17th month average for processing times hits 13.5 months. IIUSA produced numerous data reports available to view in our Industry Data Library |
| EB-5 FDI Contribution | EB-5 accounts for $2.56 billion in Foreign Direct Investment
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EB-5 accounts for $4.38 billion in FDI representing the industry’s largest year ever and a 71% increase from 2014. |
| EB-5 Legislative Proposals | The 113th Congress considered the following EB-5 legislation (S. 744, H.R. 2131, H.R. 4178, and H.R. 4659)
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The 114th Congress considered the following EB-5 Legislation (H.R. 616, S. 1501, S. 2115 , S. 2122 , H.R. 3370 , S. 2415) ultimately extending the EB-5 Program one year until September 30, 2016 |
| Association Building & Industry Support | IIUSA and the newly formed Association Building Committee (ABC) broadens outreach to educate important industry stakeholders. The ABC works closely with the National Association of Counties (NACo) in drafting its adopted resolution in support EB-5. | IIUSA staff and ABC continue to foster relationships with the National Association of Counties (NaCo), the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCOM) and the Council of Development Finance Authorities (CDFA) in addition to local, state and federal economic development organizations. |
| IIUSA Conferences | IIUSA’s 7th Annual EB-5 Regional Economic Development Conference in Washington, D.C. in May and the EB-5 Market Exchange in San Francisco in October both boasted record attendance, and educational panels featuring leading industry experts and government officials
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A record 550+ people attend the EB-5 Market Exchange in Dallas, TX. The event featured 53 exhibitors and 61 sponsors in addition to 20 panel discussions on topics ranging from SEC actions to market diversification and public-private-partnerships.
Sign up for IIUSA’s EB-5 Advocacy Conference, April 20- 22, 2016 and help make the EB- 5 Program a permanent part of 21st Century U.S. economic policy! |
