Anyone is eligible to use the EB-5 program to attain conditional residency as long as they can meet the investment requirement of $1,000,000 or $500,000 within a designated Targeted Employment Area (TEA) and he or she is otherwise admissible to the United States. Investors come from all over the world from many different walks of life

Eligibility

>  Applicant’s spouse and minor children can also apply for their conditional green card and subsequently for full citizenship in approximately 5 years
>  Retirees who are self-sufficient and just want to reside in the United States
>  Foreign investors wishing to purchase real estate or establish second residences
>  Foreign nationals who qualify for permanent residence through family or employment but are on extremely long waiting lists
>   Graduate students who have no job offer or have a job offer but are shut-out by the H-1B quota
>   Parents who want a child to study in the U.S. and obtain in-state tuition
>   Foreign nationals who are reaching the 6 year limit for their H-1B visa status
>  A CEO or corporate manager who is being hired by a company but not being transferred from its overseas subsidiary
>  Investors who might be eligible for treaty investor visas but their country does not have an investment treaty with the U.S. A
>  Foreign national investor in a U.S. business who does not want to be active in the day-to-day operations of the business
>  Entrepreneurs or students who want to start their own businesses
>  Spouses of permanent residents Doctors who have not passed U.S.MLE 1, 2 and 3 >  Foreign nationals employed by employers who cannot or will not pay legal fees and advertising costs for a labor certification
>  Foreign nationals who need/want to get out of country with problems Foreign nationals with urgent need or desire to become a permanent resident
>  Individual owners of a business outside of the U.S. Many other foreign nationals who may have no options for legal status in the U.S.