New EB-5 Visa Allocation FAQs Available Thanks to Member-Driven Resource

New EB-5 Visa Allocation FAQs Available Thanks to Member-Driven Resource

Recently, IIUSA members Lucid Professional Writing and CanAm Enterprises announced the publishing of a thoroughly researched and vetted resource that they worked on together: EB-5 Visa Allocation Questions and Answers. The resource was commissioned by CanAm and written by Suzanne Lazicki (Principal, Lucid Professional Writing). With lots of confusion surrounding the complicated topic of EB-5 visa allocation, this new, straightforward resource is one that surely all industry professionals and potential investors will find useful.

The questions below are answered via the FAQs which are available in full on IIUSA member CanAm’s website with additional background available on Lucid Professional Writing’s blog. IIUSA would like to extend a thank you to both CanAm and Suzanne Lazicki for the permission to republish this resource for IIUSA members and the EB-5 community at large.

1. 1. What classes of EB-5 visas are available?
   2. How many visas are available to EB-5?
   3. What are rollover and carryover visas?
   4. How often do rollover and carryover visas increase EB-5 visa numbers?
   5. Who can qualify for an EB-5 Unreserved Visa?
   6. Could a China-born EB-5 applicant facing retrogression in the High Unemployment category receive an Unreserved visa instead?
   7. Could an India-born EB-5 applicant facing retrogression in the Hugh Unemployment category receive an Unreserved visa instead?
   8. Who can qualify for an EB-5 Set Aside Visa?
   9. How and when does an EB-5 investor choose an EB-5 visa class?
   10. Can Department of State choose a visa class for the EB-5 applicant?
   11. What determines the order and priority for EB-5 visa allocation?
   12. What is a priority date and what difference does it make?
   13. What are country caps and how do they affect visa allocation?
   14. How do country caps apply in EB-5 and in set-aside categories?
   15. What does “retrogression” mean?
   16. Can China-born applicants get more than 7% of High Unemployment Set Aside visas?
   17. Can India-born applicants get more than 7% of High Unemployment Set Aside visas?
   18. Does Taiwan risk retrogression in the EB-5 High Unemployment Set Aside category?
   19. Can people from low-demand countries experience retrogression in EB-5?
   20. Is Vietnam subject to country limits or retrogression in EB-5?
   21. Is there a difference between visas available to region center investors and visas available to direct EB-5 investors?
   22. Does filing I-485 lock in access to an EB-5 visa?
   23. What is the backlog situation for EB-5 Reserved/Set-Aside visas?
   24. What is the backlog situation for EB-5 Unreserved visas?
   25. When will retrogression happen in the Rural Set Aside category?
   26. When will retrogression happen in the High Unemployment Set Aside category?

READ THE FAQs IN FULL