EB-5 Resources
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Questions and Answers
EB-5 Questions and Answers (updated Dec. 2023)
EB-5 Questions and Answers (updated April 2022)
EB-5 General Questions and Answers (updated Dec. 2020) (PDF, 367.63 KB)
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Visa Availability Approach
EB-5 Protocols
On April 30, 2015, the Secretary of Homeland Security issued Ethics and Integrity: Protocols for Processing of EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Petitions and EB-5 Regional Center Applications, Including Stakeholder Communications (PDF, 347.4 KB).
Some DHS and USCIS employees must take EB-5 Ethics and Integrity Protocols Training (PPTX, 1.11 MB).
Filing Tips
Notes from Previous Engagements
- Notes from Previous Engagements
- National Engagement EB-5 Stakeholder Engagement (PDF, 238.48 KB)
- National Engagement EB-5 Stakeholder PowerPoint Presentation (PDF, 315.88 KB)
- EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 Listening Session Remarks (Apr. 2022) (PDF, 225.48 KB)
- International Entrepreneur Parole Program Stakeholder Webinar (June 2021) (PDF, 1.12 MB)
- Immigrant Investor Program, EB-5, Updates (Nov. 2020) (video)
- 2020 IIUSA EB-5 Industry Forum Sarah M. Kendall Remarks (Nov. 2020) (PDF, 262.77 KB)
- EB-5 New Visa Availability Approach Stakeholder Call: Sarah Kendall Remarks (Mar. 2020) (PDF, 221.65 KB)
- 2019 IIUSA EB-5 Industry Forum Sarah M. Kendall Remarks (Oct. 2019) (PDF, 231.19 KB)
- EB-5 Modernization Stakeholder Call: Sarah M. Kendall Remarks (Sep. 2019) (PDF, 198.94 KB)
- 2018 AILA and IIUSA EB-5 Industry Forum Sarah M. Kendall Remarks (Oct. 2018) (PDF, 276.55 KB)
- IPO Deputy Chief Julia L. Harrison's Talking Points (Jul. 2017) (PDF)
- Update to EB-5 National Stakeholder Engagement Remarks (Mar. 2017) (PDF, 272.13 KB)
- IPO Deputy Chief Julia L. Harrison's Talking Points (Oct. 2016) (PDF, 70.28 KB)
Stakeholder Alerts
Update to Visa Availability Approach for Form I-526
Suggested Order of Documentation
- Suggested Order of Form I-526 Documentation
- Suggested Order of Form I-829 Documentation
- Suggested Order of Form I-924 Documentation
USCIS Policy Manual
USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6 - Immigrants, Part G - Investors