Obtaining an EB-5 visa requires that the immigrant investor comply with the following threshold requirements:
- Invest $1 million (or $500,000 if investment will go to a "Target Employment Area") or be actively in the process of investing this amount of money;
- Prove that the investment must be "at risk," which means, among other things, that the investor has limited control over the funds;
- Prove that the capital investment was obtained through lawful means;
- Prove that the investment will create ten full-time jobs for U.S. workers;
- Prove that the investor will maintain some management-type of control of the new commercial enterprise (such as by being a limited partner, etc.)
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