{"id":181063,"date":"2022-12-01T09:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:00:30","slug":"can-someone-in-the-united-states-on-an-h-1b-visa-apply-for-an-eb-5-visa","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/faq\/visa-comparison-and-overlap\/can-someone-in-the-united-states-on-an-h-1b-visa-apply-for-an-eb-5-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Can someone in the United States on an H-1B visa apply for an EB-5 visa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, an H-1B visa holder in the United States may apply for an EB-5 visa; they can even file and have multiple pending U.S. Green Card petitions. After filing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/03\/14\/eb-5-concurrent-filing-will-let-investors-live-work-and-study-in-the-united-states-sooner-than-before-with-an-eb-5-investment\/\">Form I-526E and Form I-485 concurrently<\/a>, the H-1B visa holder can continue to be lawfully employed on their current visa while their I-526E petition is being processed and adjudicated by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Through concurrent filing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2024\/06\/29\/how-i-got-an-ead-an-ap-and-an-i-526e-approval-in-only-months-hardiks-story-part-2\/\">H-1B visa holder can also apply<\/a> for an employment authorization document (EAD) and a travel permit called advance parole (AP). Once approved within a few weeks, applicants can live, work, and travel freely even before they receive their EB-5 Green Card.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0AE7mW7qlg?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite being categorized as a nonimmigrant visa,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/h-1b-specialty-occupations\">the H-1B visa<\/a>\u00a0holds dual intent. As such, the holder of an H-1B visa is permitted to seek immigration to the United States at some point during their residence and, by extension,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/how-to-convert-an-h-1b-to-an-eb-5-visa\/\">convert to an EB-5 visa<\/a>\u00a0without any problems. By contrast, tourist visas, which are also categorized as nonimmigrant visas, do not carry dual intent and therefore the holder of a tourist visa is admitted to the United States with the expectation that they will only stay temporarily, without the intent of immigrating permanently in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-196_image-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is important to distinguish between nonimmigrant visas with dual intent and those without because the latter could prove very problematic for foreign nationals who wish to pursue an EB-5 visa. The holder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers\">a nonimmigrant visa<\/a>\u00a0without dual intent who is suspected of violating the limitations of their visa could be denied entry into the U.S. or face deportation.<\/p>\n<p>However, an H-1B visa holder should have no problem <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2024\/08\/01\/h-1b-investment-options-how-to-get-an-eb-5-green-card\/\">applying for an EB-5 visa<\/a>. As the first step of the process, prospective investors are advised to hire an experienced immigration attorney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[193],"class_list":["post-181063","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-visa-comparison-and-overlap"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/181063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/181063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=181063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}