{"id":179708,"date":"2022-11-02T04:05:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T04:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowgreen-hornet-733785.hostingersite.com\/faq\/can-the-jobs-created-by-the-tenant-of-a-property-purchased-using-eb-5-funds-count-toward-job-creation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:58:54","slug":"can-the-jobs-created-by-the-tenant-of-a-property-purchased-using-eb-5-funds-count-toward-job-creation","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/faq\/job-creation-requirements\/can-the-jobs-created-by-the-tenant-of-a-property-purchased-using-eb-5-funds-count-toward-job-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the jobs created by the tenant of a property purchased using EB-5 funds count toward job creation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EB5 applicants have the option of direct investment or investing through a regional center. Each offers their own advantages and drawbacks, but both investment models require investors to create at least 10 full-time, permanent jobs. With <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/retaining-control-through-eb-5-direct-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct investment<\/a> projects, only direct jobs could be counted towards employment creation. These are typically ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/eb-5-job-creation-construction-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operation or construction positions<\/a> that are created by the EB-5 project itself. Direct investment can make it difficult to create enough employment as the investor is limited to one job type. This is where <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2021\/03\/22\/why-eb-5-investors-gravitate-toward-regional-center-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional center investments<\/a> hold a significant advantage; they can count direct, indirect, and induced jobs towards job creation.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n0djilNjF1c?rel=0;&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;loop=1&amp;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"678\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIndirect and induced jobs are similar in that they reflect the economic impact of the EB-5 project. As investment capital is spent on goods and services to support the project, indirect jobs are created. Induced jobs are created from project employment. As workers spend their income within the surrounding community, new jobs are created. It was through regional center investments that the \u201ctenant-occupancy\u201d model was possible.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63634\" src=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2.jpg 852w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-500x295.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-380x224.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-36x21.jpg 36w, https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FAQ-312_image-2-48x28.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><br \/>\nIn the past, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) accepted the tenant-occupancy model as a way to meet employment generation requirements. The tenant-occupancy model counts job creation by tenant businesses that lease space in property developed with EB-5 funding. However, this model held significant potential for issues, and experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/2022\/01\/05\/why-you-should-retain-an-immigration-attorney-for-the-eb-5-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EB-5 immigration attorneys<\/a> were often necessary to navigate such circumstances.<br \/>\nOn May 15, 2018, USCIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/policy-manual-updates\/20180515-EB5TenantOccupancyMethodology.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revised its Policy Manual<\/a> to state that the agency would no longer count jobs created via tenant-occupancy of EB-5 properties. This change followed years of skeptical attitude towards tenant-occupancy job creation. As far back as 2012, USCIS rolled out a <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/respond-uscis-request-evidence-rfe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request for Evidence<\/a> (RFE) for tenant-occupancy to prove the projected jobs would be newly created. Moreover, in December of that year, USCIS issued \u201cOperational Guidance for EB-5 Cases Involving Tenant-Occupancy\u201d. This provision clarified that to claim tenant jobs, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eb5affiliatenetwork.com\/economic-analysis-eb-5-regional-center-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economic analysis<\/a> must project that their creation was directly attributed to the economic activity of the EB-5 project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq-topic":[182],"class_list":["post-179708","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-job-creation-requirements"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/179708","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\/179708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=179708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}