USA VS EUROPE : A STUDY

What is the EB5 Program?

EB5 (Employment Based 5) is the world’s most desirable US immigration investment program. It is
administered by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services).
This visa category was created in 1990 in order to have foreign investors stimulate the U.S. economy
through job creation and capital investment.
EB-5 gives investors an opportunity to rapidly obtain a green card in exchange for making qualifying, job-
creating investments in the United States.
EB-5 visa program requirements
 A capital investment of $500,000 or $1 million in a targeted employment area.
 The capital investment must create 10 full time jobs for U.S workers within a period of two years.
 The capital investment must be made in a U.S commercial entity.

Difference between Immigration via Investment in our European projects and EB-5.

The capital required to invest in an

enterprise is $1,000,000, unless an
Minimum 250,000 Euros for Greece
investor invests in a targeted employment
and Malta PR – 2 Million Euros For
area (TEA). If they invest in a TEA, then the
Cyprus citizenship.
capital requirement is lowered to
$500,000.
The investor is dealing with the
business directly, no intermediary
and therefore slightly less risk Since the investment is through RCs, the
involved. risk involved is huge as we have certain
cases in the past, where RCs ran away with
Investment on Real Estate,
the investor’s money and did not invest in
Government A-rated bonds, JWP
the project they were promoting.
Funds.
Low risk involved.
The EB-5 direct investor has to prove that
he or she established a new commercial
No sources of funds required for
enterprise and that could potentially take
Greece and Portugal.
a lot of time to find the evidence required
by USCIS.
Also the investor needs to show the source
Net worth of 2 million Euros in of funds of every single penny that he is
Cyprus passport. investing. Also he cannot show his
residential premises under his net worth.
Net worth of 500,000 Euros for
Malta.
There is low risk in European
investment programs as the
investment is in terms of Real Estate
If your business idea doesn’t work out
(which is that you are physically
within two years, you could lose your
getting something), Government
$500,000 or $1 million investment.
bonds (these are A rated bonds, so
there is low risk), JWP funds ( for
which the holding period is 3 years).
As part of the EB-5 Program process, an
applicant investing their money directly
into an enterprise has the tough task of
Investor has to buy the property or
proving that they will create 10 full time
bonds or funds which is very easy as
jobs for qualified workers within two years
compared to the EB-5 program in
of their visa approval process. If they
which the investor has to create
cannot, they’re visa will be denied. (Direct
jobs.
jobs are actual, W-2 employee jobs that
are located inside the enterprise
investment.)
The total process takes as low as 8- The total process is very time taking in
10 months in getting the PR of the which the investor gets the PR of the
country. country in 4-5 years.