Citizenship · Capital · Global Mobility
Programme
The United States investor immigration route, granting permanent residence to investors who create the number of jobs the statute requires. The capital threshold depends on whether the project sits in a targeted employment area.
7 Oct 2026
EB-5 still asks for USD 1,050,000, or USD 800,000 in a targeted employment area or infrastructure project. Its green card is conditional for two years, and Form I-829 must be filed in a 90-day window.
Read →30 Sep 2026
Regional-centre petitions received by 30 September keep statutory protection if the programme lapses; the programme runs to September 2027, and a fee rule published today raises the I-526E fee to USD 7,850.
Read →22 Sep 2026
The same table put 9,553 approved petitions in the unreserved queue, 9,549 of them under China as country of birth.
Read →21 Sep 2026
USCIS records the twelve-chapter guidance as effective from 18 September, lists investors among the categories it covers, and asks whether an applicant is more likely than not to become a public charge.
Read →1 Sep 2026
When a statute commences, when a treaty enters into force, which temporal rule governs a filing and which text prevails are four separate questions. An instrument can settle one and leave the next open.
Read →29 Aug 2026
A 23 December 2022 boundary and the 18 September 2026 effective date divide pending and new Form I-485 filings into three public-charge frameworks.
Read →28 Aug 2026
An unnamed official told the Associated Press the pause should end by mid-September. The department has not said which categories it covers, so an approved investor cannot tell if it reaches their interview.
Read →28 Aug 2026
EB-5 would charge more where the business receiving the money operates mainly in an area with unemployment well below the national rate. The tier is a proposal; its comment period closed on 31 August 2026.
Read →23 Aug 2026
The word is settled one layer down from the programme page: in a general immigration law, an administrative manual or a partnership statute. In two of five routes, no immigration text read names the clause.
Read →11 Aug 2026
US law protects processing of certain regional-centre petitions filed by 30 September 2026; the programme is authorised to 30 September 2027. Neither date guarantees approval or the return of capital.
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