{"id":179586,"date":"2022-12-14T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T06:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowgreen-hornet-733785.hostingersite.com\/faq\/is-there-a-limit-to-the-number-of-family-members-who-can-apply-for-eb-5-visas-as-derivative-beneficiaries-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:56:56","slug":"is-there-a-limit-to-the-number-of-family-members-who-can-apply-for-eb-5-visas-as-derivative-beneficiaries-2","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/faq\/family-member-treatment\/is-there-a-limit-to-the-number-of-family-members-who-can-apply-for-eb-5-visas-as-derivative-beneficiaries-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a limit to the number of family members who can apply for EB-5 visas as derivative beneficiaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no maximum number of <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/can-an-eb-5-investor-immigrate-to-the-united-states-with-their-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family members<\/a> who can apply for EB-5 visas as derivatives. However, only immediate family members are eligible as derivative beneficiaries to the principal applicant\u2014the EB-5 investor. These would be the EB-5 investor\u2019s spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21. However, after an EB-5 investor <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/07\/08\/how-to-obtain-us-citizenship-by-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becomes a U.S. citizen<\/a>, they may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsor other relatives<\/a> for a green card, such as their siblings and parents.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WPnjkSVQU_E?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Derivative Visa Applicants<\/h3>\n<p>A derivative visa applicant is either the spouse or child of the principal visa applicant. In the case of the EB-5 visa, the principal applicant is the investor. A child qualifies as a derivative visa applicant if he or she is unmarried and under the age of 21. It is possible for derivative visa applicants to \u201cage out\u201d of the process, meaning that they are older than age 21 at the time the <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/an-eb-5-investors-guide-to-form-i-526\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I-526E petition<\/a> is adjudicated. In this event, the child\u2014now an adult\u2014would need to begin their own visa process as an individual.<\/p>\n<h3>Child Status Protection Act<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62914\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2.jpg 852w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-500x295.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-380x224.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-36x21.jpg 36w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-235_image-2-48x28.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><br \/>\nThere is a way to possibly avoid an EB-5 investor\u2019s child from \u201caging out\u201d of the EB-5 visa process. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/green-card\/green-card-processes-and-procedures\/child-status-protection-act-cspa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)<\/a> was enacted by congress in 2022. Congress recognized that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had backlogs that were causing the children of EB-5 visa applicants, as well as other visas, to age out of the immigration process. CSPA was enacted as a means to avoid that. Essentially, a minor child\u2019s age \u201cfreezes\u201d on the date that Form I-526E is filed. This may prevent the child from aging out of the EB-5 visa process, as long as the I-526E petition was filed before they turned 21. In addition, the child must remain unmarried in order to qualify to continue in the process.<br \/>\nGiven the complexity of the EB-5 visa process, especially when an EB-5 investor intends to immigrate with their immediate family, it is recommended that an EB-5 applicant work with an <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/05\/16\/the-importance-of-working-with-an-eb-5-immigration-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration attorney<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[178],"class_list":["post-179586","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-family-member-treatment"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=179586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}