In the 2009 fiscal year, the United States issued a total of 1,130,818 green cards (permanent residency). Among them, 64,238 were granted to immigrants from mainland China and 8,038 to immigrants from Taiwan.
Among the new Chinese immigrants who obtained green cards, 11,013 acquired them through family-sponsored immigration; 11,295 through employment-based immigration; 23,244 as immediate relatives and spouses of U.S. citizens; and 28 through the diversity visa lottery.
In the 2009 fiscal year, China remained the second largest source of immigrants to the United States.
To attract foreign investment concentrated in specially designated areas approved by the government to effectively promote local economic development, the U.S. government established the "Regional Center Immigration Program" under the EB-5 immigration regulations in 1993. This program allows for a reduced investment amount of $500,000 when investing in a U.S. government-approved "Regional Center," and relaxes the original requirement of "directly creating ten jobs" to "creating ten jobs directly or indirectly."
It is reported that, after strict and complex reviews by the U.S. government, a total of 27 "Regional Centers" have been approved, one of which is the comprehensive loan program in the core area of Los Angeles.
According to senior immigration consultants at WorldWay Immigration, as one of the fastest and most straightforward U.S. investment immigration special zones, the favorable immigration policies of the Los Angeles Economic Zone have attracted over 300 families from China to invest in less than four years, providing nearly 5,000 direct and indirect job opportunities, and creating significant economic and social benefits.
