{"id":160722,"date":"2025-09-30T06:15:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wordpress\/?p=160722"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:51:35","slug":"uscis-issues-multiple-i-526e-denials-for-using-loaned-funds-from-regional-centers-avoid-borrowing-from-a-regional-center-entity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/uscis-issues-multiple-i-526e-denials-for-using-loaned-funds-from-regional-centers-avoid-borrowing-from-a-regional-center-entity\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS Issues Multiple I-526E Denials for Using Loaned Funds From Regional Centers: Avoid Borrowing From a Regional Center Entity"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a joint article written by Sam Silverman<\/a>, managing partner of EB5AN, and Anahita George<\/a>, Esq., a leading immigration attorney specializing in EB-5 applications.<\/i><\/p>\n

Sam has extensive real estate development, management, financing, and brokerage experience across several U.S. states and internationally in China. Before co-founding EB5AN, he served as the Director of Corporate Strategy and Expansion for Jack Nicklaus in Beijing and previously worked at the Boston Consulting Group, advising Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries worldwide. Sam is a leading EB-5 expert regularly cited by The Wall Street Journal and other publications.<\/i><\/p>\n

A partner at the law firm George & Marzialo<\/a>, Anahita has filed nearly 3,000 EB-5 petitions with a 100% USCIS approval rate. She has applied her expertise in tax and finance as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, where she audited Fortune 500 companies such as Walmart and the Walt Disney Company.<\/i><\/p>\n

In the past few weeks, multiple EB-5 investors have faced the harshest possible adjudication decision from USCIS: an outright denial of their I-526E petitions. In these cases, USCIS did not issue a request for evidence<\/a> (RFE) or even a notice of intent to deny<\/a> (NOID). Instead, the agency went straight to denial\u2014an unusually severe step that underscores the seriousness of the issue.<\/p>\n

What mistake did these investors make? Each investor used loaned funds from an entity controlled by the same regional center sponsoring their EB-5 project.<\/p>\n

This practice, which may be presented as a convenient solution for investors short on funds, directly violates USCIS policy. And the consequences are serious for EB-5 applicants: denial of their I-526E petition<\/a> and, effectively, the loss of the investor\u2019s U.S. immigration process.<\/p>\n

As Anahita George, Esq<\/a>, explains, \u201cWe are now seeing denials that leave no room for interpretation\u2014if even part of your EB-5 capital comes from a loan tied to the regional center, your case will be denied. USCIS has made this point with absolute clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though USCIS may have approved similar I-526Es in the past, the agency is evidently realizing that this is a clear violation of EB-5 policy. We strongly caution all EB-5 investors against using funds loaned from a regional center or from a related entity.<\/p>\n

Doing so will put you on the path to a swift USCIS denial.<\/p>\n

Moreover, regional centers that offer such loans are not only showing clear disregard for USCIS policy\u2014they are also putting their investors\u2019 immigration outcomes at risk, likely for the sake of gaining faster access to capital.<\/p>\n

In this post, we\u2019ll examine how these circular loans from regional centers violate multiple rules of the EB-5 program and why the agency is taking such strong measures against these loan arrangements. We\u2019ll then explore how EB-5 investors can avoid these risky projects and the steps to take for investors who have already received an I-526E denial.<\/p>\n

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The Source-of-Funds Requirement in EB-5<\/a><\/h6>\n