Employment-Based Preferences 1

Aliens with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, multinational manager or executive

Employment-Based Preferences 2

Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability

Employment-Based Preferences 3

Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers.

Employment-Based Preferences 4

Special Immigrant Religious Worker

Employment-Based Preferences 5

The EB-5 category requires an investment of $1 million (or $500,000 in a high unemployment or rural area) in a commercial enterprise that will employ 10 full-time US workers. Although the investor's role cannot be completely passive, he or she does not have to be involved in any way in the day-to-day management of the business unless he or she wants to do so. It is critically important that the investor be able to document the lawful source of investment funds, whether his or her own or funds given to him or her as a gift. The permanent residence obtained by the investor is conditional for two years and can be made permanent upon satisfying USCIS at the end of the two years that the investment proceeds have not been withdrawn and the requisite jobs have been created.

To determine if you are eligible for an Immigrant Visa, please contact our office for consultation.