{"id":179446,"date":"2022-12-03T05:08:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T05:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowgreen-hornet-733785.hostingersite.com\/faq\/what-can-mainland-born-chinese-eb-5-investors-do-to-get-green-cards-more-quickly\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:58:27","slug":"what-can-mainland-born-chinese-eb-5-investors-do-to-get-green-cards-more-quickly","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/faq\/china-retrogression\/what-can-mainland-born-chinese-eb-5-investors-do-to-get-green-cards-more-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"What can Mainland-born Chinese EB-5 investors do to get Green Cards more quickly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the time being, there is nothing EB-5 investors from Mainland China can do to expedite their EB-5 process and more quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/eb5-visa\/steps-obtain-eb-5-green-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtain a U.S. Green Card<\/a>, bar pursuing other immigration avenues.<br \/>\nDue to the <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/current-trends-in-the-chinese-eb-5-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oversubscription of Mainland-born Chinese investors<\/a> in the EB-5 program, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been forced to contend with a significant backlog in processing EB-5 petitions from these investors. After <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/i-526-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing Form I-526E<\/a>, Chinese investors must wait for their <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/a-guide-to-understanding-the-monthly-visa-bulletin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated final action date<\/a> to align with their I-526E petition priority date. This regulation, compounded with the typical lengthy adjudication times for EB-5 petitions, results in Chinese investors having to wait several years before being able to apply for an EB-5 visa.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibhDaeNZOhE?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDespite all these hindrances, the EB-5 program has remained popular with prospective Mainland-born investors. In the meantime, however, the backlog continues to grow.<br \/>\nAs of 2018, the projected wait time for a Mainland-born Chinese EB-5 investor to obtain an EB-5 visa is around 15 years. This is problematic for a number of reasons; for one, there is a concern for prospective Mainland-Chinese investors who have already filed and submitted Form I-526E that their dependent(s) will surpass the 21 year age cap during the waiting window, which will render certain advantages of the EB-5 visa meaningless. Furthermore, with wait times potentially exceeding 10 years, Chinese investors must worry about ensuring their <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/the-eb-5-at-risk-requirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investment remains \u201cat risk\u201d<\/a> over a much longer period of time. As a result, there is a concern that they may have to redeploy their investment capital into a <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/risks-associated-with-making-an-eb-5-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riskier EB-5 project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Obtaining a U.S. Green Card: Exploring Other Options<\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62841\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2.jpg 852w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-500x295.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-380x224.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-36x21.jpg 36w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-232_image-2-48x28.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><br \/>\nGiven the current obstacles in obtaining an EB-5 visa for Mainland-born Chinese investors, considering other immigration options may be worthwhile.<br \/>\nSome of the most enduring options include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/green-card\/green-card-eligibility\/green-card-for-employment-based-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">employment-based immigration<\/a>, such as through the first preference EB-1 visa, second preference EB-2 visa, or third preference EB-3 visa. All three options offer foreign nationals the opportunity to become lawful permanent residents in the U.S. through employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[195],"class_list":["post-179446","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-china-retrogression"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=179446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}