EB-5 Immigrant Investor
EB-5 Immigrant Investor
U.S. permanent residency through a qualifying investment. No employer and no sponsor.
U.S. permanent residency through a qualifying investment. No employer and no sponsor.
Advantages
Advantages
No sponsor required
No sponsor required
There's no employer and no job offer.
There's no employer and no job offer.
Family included
Family included
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 obtain permanent residence with you.
Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 obtain permanent residence with you.
Set-aside advantage
Set-aside advantage
Investors in qualifying set-aside projects currently face no visa-number backlog
Investors in qualifying set-aside projects currently face no visa-number backlog
Requirements
Requirements
Qualifying investment
Qualifying investment
$800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (rural or high-unemployment) or an infrastructure project, or $1,050,000 elsewhere.
$800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (rural or high-unemployment) or an infrastructure project, or $1,050,000 elsewhere.
$800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (rural or high-unemployment) or an infrastructure project, or $1,050,000 elsewhere.
Lawful source of funds
Lawful source of funds
Every dollar traced to a legitimate, documented source.
Every dollar traced to a legitimate, documented source.
Every dollar traced to a legitimate, documented source.
Capital genuinely at risk
Capital genuinely at risk
Your funds must be committed to the enterprise, with no guaranteed return.
Your funds must be committed to the enterprise, with no guaranteed return.
Your funds must be committed to the enterprise, with no guaranteed return.
Job creation
Job creation
At least 10 full-time U.S. jobs.
At least 10 full-time U.S. jobs.
At least 10 full-time U.S. jobs.
Two Ways to Invest
Two Ways to Invest
Regional Center
Regional Center
You invest through a USCIS-approved Regional Center, which can count indirect and induced jobs through economic modeling.
You invest through a USCIS-approved Regional Center, which can count indirect and induced jobs through economic modeling.
Direct
Direct
You invest in and actively manage your own new commercial enterprise, and must create 10 direct jobs.
You invest in and actively manage your own new commercial enterprise, and must create 10 direct jobs.
Our Process
Our Process
1
Project & source-of-funds preparation
Strategic Planning & Category Selection.
We help you evaluate the project and Regional Center, and build the lawful-source-of-funds record.
We help you evaluate the project and Regional Center, and build the lawful-source-of-funds record.
2
I-526E / I-526 petition
PERM Labor Certification (If Required)
We file your immigrant petition.
We file your immigrant petition.
3
Conditional residence
The I-140 Petition Filing
Through adjustment of status (I-485) in the U.S. or consular processing abroad, you and your family receive a two-year conditional green card.
Through adjustment of status (I-485) in the U.S. or consular processing abroad, you and your family receive a two-year conditional green card.
4
Removing conditions
Final Application (I-485 / Consular)
Near the end of the two years, we file Form I-829 to prove the investment was sustained and the jobs were created, converting conditional residence into permanent residence.
Near the end of the two years, we file Form I-829 to prove the investment was sustained and the jobs were created, converting conditional residence into permanent residence.
Where EB-5 Cases Are Won
Where EB-5 Cases Are Won
EB-5 is decided on documentation and structure, not luck. The places a case succeeds or fails are predictable and we own each one.
EB-5 is decided on documentation and structure, not luck. The places a case succeeds or fails are predictable and we own each one.
How We Work
How We Work
A deliberately limited caseload
A deliberately limited caseload
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
We take on fewer matters than a high-volume firm, by design. Your case receives focused, senior-level attention, not a place in a queue of hundreds.
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Every filing reviewed, then reviewed again
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Before anything reaches the government, it passes through a careful, multi-step review. The small errors and inconsistencies that trigger Requests for Evidence, delays, and denials are precisely what that process is built to catch.
Direct access to your attorney
Direct access to your attorney
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
You work with the attorney handling your case from start to finish, clear answers, proactive updates, one point of accountability, not a rotating cast of assistants.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.
The content on this website is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not establish an attorney-client relationship until a formal engagement agreement is signed. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
© 2016-2026 Mamdani Law. All Rights Reserved.