{"id":179836,"date":"2022-06-02T12:16:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowgreen-hornet-733785.hostingersite.com\/faq\/what-financial-requirements-does-the-eb-5-program-have-for-investors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:00:23","slug":"what-financial-requirements-does-the-eb-5-program-have-for-investors","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/faq\/personal-investor-requirements\/what-financial-requirements-does-the-eb-5-program-have-for-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"What financial requirements does the EB-5 program have for investors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All EB-5 investors need the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/04\/26\/what-is-the-minimum-eb-5-investment-amount\/\">minimum amount of investment capital<\/a>\u00a0to begin the EB-5 process. The current threshold investment amount is $1,050,000, while the reduced amount for projects in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/eb-5-tea-map\/\">targeted employment areas (TEAs)<\/a>\u00a0stands at $800,000. The actual investment capital is the only official financial requirement of the EB-5 program. However, realistically speaking, the investor will need a larger sum due to the necessary legal costs, filing fees, and administration fees.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WM5PP7oBipM?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAll EB-5 investors are advised to start the EB-5 process with the aid of an immigration attorney.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/05\/16\/the-importance-of-working-with-an-eb-5-immigration-lawyer\/\">An experienced attorney<\/a>\u00a0will help investors through the process and ensure they comply with all requirements. Hiring an immigration attorney will incur costs of its own, which generally range from $15,000 to $50,000. In addition, the various petitions that need to be submitted as part of the EB-5 process come with substantial filing fees.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-158_image-2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nTo begin with,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-526\">the I-526<\/a>, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor, has a filing fee of $11,160. For the more common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-526e\">I-526E<\/a>, Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor, the filing fee is $12,160.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-485\">The I-485 petition<\/a>, which is filed by nonimmigrant visa holders to adjust their status to permanent resident, has a general filing fee of $1,440.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-829\">Form I-829<\/a>, which is filed by investors seeking to remove the conditions from their permanent resident status, has a filing fee of $9,525. These fees are correct as of June 2024 but are subject to change. For up-to-date information, see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/forms\/all-forms\">USCIS All Forms page<\/a>. In some cases, additional expenses may apply.<br \/>\nFor investors investing through a regional center, there is also an <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/making-sense-eb-5-admin-fees\/\">administration fee<\/a>. It is charged by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/permanent-workers\/employment-based-immigration-fifth-preference-eb-5\/eb-5-immigrant-investor-regional-centers\/approved-eb-5-immigrant-investor-regional-centers\">the regional center<\/a>\u00a0for the service of managing the project. The precise amount depends on the specific regional center and the project the investor chooses to invest in.<br \/>\nFurthermore, an EB-5 investor who invests through a regional center must have accredited investor status. To qualify for accredited status, the investor must have a net worth of $1 million, either individually or jointly with a spouse, or have earned at least $200,000, or $300,000 jointly with a spouse, in the past two years consecutively and be expecting to earn as much in the current year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[183],"class_list":["post-179836","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-personal-investor-requirements"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179836","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\/179836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=179836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}