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US EB-5 Immigrant Investor Programme
US Green Card for the family from $800,000
EB-5 grants conditional permanent residence to an investor, spouse, and unmarried children under 21 in exchange for an $800,000 investment in a targeted employment area creating at least ten American jobs. Rural projects receive priority processing.
Program facts and figures reviewed 2026-08-27 by the Savory & Partners advisory desk. Government requirements can change without notice.
United States at a glance
Timeline
12–36 months (rural set-aside faster)
Visa-free access
186 destinations
Residence required
Must maintain US residence; extended absences risk abandonment
Family included
Spouse and unmarried children under 21
Investment routes
Ways to qualify
Rural TEA regional centre project
$800k
Passive investment into a rural set-aside project with priority processing. Repayment depends entirely on project performance.
High-unemployment TEA project
$800k
Regional centre project in a designated high-unemployment area.
Direct investment
$1.1m
Direct ownership and operation of a US business outside a targeted employment area.
Step by step
How the application works
1. Eligibility and funds review
We confirm admissibility, map the household against the dependant rules, and stress test the source and path of funds before any capital moves. Most refusals begin here, not at the project.
2. Project selection and due diligence
We review regional centre offering documents, job creation methodology, the capital stack, and the exit mechanics. Rural set-aside projects are assessed separately because they carry priority adjudication and a distinct visa queue.
3. Subscription and escrow
Funds are subscribed into the project, usually through escrow, and the full investment and administrative fee are documented for the petition.
4. Form I-526E petition
The investor petition is filed with USCIS with the complete source of funds record. Applicants lawfully in the United States may be able to file Form I-485 concurrently and obtain work and travel authorisation while waiting.
5. Conditional Green Card
On approval, applicants abroad consular process at a US embassy; applicants in the US adjust status. The family receives two-year conditional permanent residence.
6. Form I-829 and permanent status
Within the 90 days before the second anniversary, we file to remove conditions, evidencing sustained investment and ten jobs. Naturalisation eligibility follows five years of permanent residence.
Fee terms
How we charge, on every file
Fixed and agreed in writing
Your professional fee is quoted in the engagement letter and payable in full on signature. It is fixed for the life of the file.
Government costs are never marked up
Contributions, due diligence, processing and passport fees are paid directly to the authority or its licensed agent at the published rate.
What is at risk
Due diligence charges are non-refundable once submitted. Contributions on most citizenship programs fall due only after approval in principle. Escrowed or asset-backed investment is recoverable subject to the program hold period.
When an extra fee applies
Only if you add a dependant after filing, switch programs, or a re-application is needed because of information that was not disclosed to us. Each is quoted before any work starts.
How you pay
Bank transfer in USD or AED to our corporate account. No cash, and government fees are never routed through personal accounts.
What the fee includes
- A named senior adviser and a named case manager for the life of the file, reachable directly.
- Eligibility and risk screening before a single document is collected, so nothing is filed that should not be.
- The source of funds narrative drafted to the standard the authority expects, not a checklist handed back to you.
- Collection, certification, apostille, legalisation and certified translation of every document, managed by us.
- Filing directly with the authority as an authorized agent, with no third-party introducer in the chain.
- Interview preparation and attendance where the program requires it.
- Post-approval handling: contribution settlement, oath, passport collection and secure courier to your address.
- A written status update every fortnight, and a same-day response on working days.
Fixed fee, never revised mid-file
Your professional fee is agreed in writing before any work begins and is fixed for the life of the file. No success fees, no hourly billing, no invoice you did not expect.
Government costs at cost, with receipts
Every contribution, due diligence, processing and passport charge is paid at the authority's published rate and evidenced with the receipt. We never mark up a government fee.
Pre-submission eligibility guarantee
If our screening concludes before submission that you are not fileable, the professional fee is refunded less work already performed, and that amount is stated as a number in your engagement letter.
Refusal cover
If a file we submitted is refused on grounds we assessed and cleared at engagement, we prepare and file an application on an alternative approved program at no further professional fee.
One adviser, start to passport
You are not passed between departments. The adviser who quotes your file is the adviser who signs off the passport delivery.
What we will never guarantee
Approval itself is a sovereign decision and no adviser can promise it. Any firm that guarantees approval is telling you something the authority has not agreed to.
Why it works
Program highlights
- Green Cards for the whole immediate family
- Rural set-aside visas receive priority adjudication
- US citizenship eligibility after five years of permanent residence
- Concurrent filing allows some applicants in the US to work while waiting
- No language, education, age or management experience requirement
- Advised from our Texas desk, in the applicant's time zone
Tax position
US permanent residents are taxed on worldwide income, plan before filing
Do you qualify
Eligibility requirements
- $800,000 into a targeted employment area project, or $1,050,000 elsewhere
- Creation or preservation of at least ten full-time US jobs
- Lawful, fully documented source and path of funds
- Capital genuinely at risk for the sustainment period
- Admissible to the United States on health, criminal and immigration grounds
- Investment funds traced through banking records for the preceding several years
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