Research data shows that in the first half of 2015, China's investment in overseas commercial real estate increased by approximately 46%, reaching $6.676 billion, with total investment flowing into the United States amounting to as much as $3.676 billion, which is 1.5 times the total investment amount for the entire year of 2014 ($1.962 billion). The United States has become the preferred country for Chinese real estate investors. So, can investing in real estate lead to U.S. immigration??
The answer is no. The requirements for the U.S. investment immigration EB-5 program are numerous, including the creation of jobs. Purchasing property in the United States does not create job opportunities and therefore does not fall under the category of U.S. investment immigration.
U.S. investment immigration, referred to as EB-5, has an annual quota of 10,000 visas. If you wish to obtain a U.S. permanent green card through the U.S. investment immigration EB-5 program, you need to invest $500,000 or $1,000,000. According to the U.S. employment-based immigration priority date schedule for August 2016, from June to August of this year, the EB-5 category has remained stagnant for two months.
Only those who have submitted an I-526 (investment immigration to the U.S.) application and have a priority date on the receipt before February 15, 2014, can proceed through the normal process without being affected by the priority date. Once the immigration application is approved by the immigration bureau, if the beneficiary is overseas, the immigration bureau will transfer the beneficiary's entire file to the NVC (National Visa Center) for processing.
Therefore, Worldway Immigration reminds applicants interested in immigrating to the United States to submit their applications as soon as possible to obtain an earlier priority date and reduce the waiting time for the priority date.
