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Built on the Idea That Immigration Advice Should Be Honest

Nishriyan capital Partners was founded in 2001 by a small group of immigration attorneys who saw too many investor families receive vague promises instead of clear numbers.

Today, our team has grown to include capital markets analysts, project underwriters, and former government policy staff, ensuring every recommendation meets USCIS standards.

We are not a law firm, a regional center, or a fund manager—we are an independent advisory firm working only in your best interest.

Program Overview

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

USCIS administers the EB-5 Program. Under this program, investors — and their spouses and unmarried children under 21 — are eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence (a Green Card) if they meet the investment and job-creation requirements below.

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The Basics

  • Make the necessary investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States
  • Plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers

This program is known as EB-5 for the name of the employment-based fifth preference visa that participants receive.

Congress created the EB-5 Program in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. In 1992, Congress created the Immigrant Investor Program — also known as the Regional Center Program — which sets aside EB-5 visas for participants who invest in commercial enterprises associated with regional centers approved by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.

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Visa Classification Requirements for investing capital and creating jobs EB-5 Investors How to apply Regional Centers View information about regional centers EB-5 Resources Protocols and program resources EB-5 Support How to contact USCIS with questions Integrity Fund How to pay the annual fee

About the EB-5 Visa Classification

Alert · Fee Schedule Update

On Nov. 14, 2025, USCIS published a new edition of Form G-1055, Fee Schedule. The new edition reverted filing fees for the following EB-5 related petitions and applications back to the pre-April 1, 2024 Fee Rule amounts:

  • Form I-526 — Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor
  • Form I-526E — Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor
  • Form I-829 — Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status
  • Form I-956 — Application for Regional Center Designation
  • Form I-956F — Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise
  • Form I-956G — Regional Center Annual Statement

Read more: Court Order on Partial Stay of DHS 2024 USCIS Fee Rule →

USCIS administers the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a program first enacted as a pilot in 1992 and regularly reauthorized since, investors may also qualify for EB-5 classification by investing through regional centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.

On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103), introducing new requirements for the EB-5 immigrant visa category and the Regional Center Program. Immigrant visas are authorized under the Regional Center Program through Sept. 30, 2027.

This section provides a brief overview of the basic requirements for an EB-5 immigrant visa under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act. Full USCIS policy on EB-5 adjudications — for petitions filed both before and after the Act's enactment — is available in Volume 6, Part G of the USCIS Policy Manual.

New Commercial Enterprise Requirements

All EB-5 investors must invest in a new commercial enterprise that was established:

  • After Nov. 29, 1990; or
  • On or before Nov. 29, 1990, that was:
    • Purchased and the existing business restructured or reorganized in such a way that a new commercial enterprise results; or
    • Expanded through the investment, resulting in at least a 40% increase in net worth or number of employees.

A new commercial enterprise means any for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of lawful business, including:

  • A sole proprietorship
  • Partnership (whether limited or general)
  • Holding company and its wholly owned subsidiaries (provided each subsidiary is engaged in a for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of a lawful business)
  • Joint venture
  • Corporation
  • Business trust
  • Limited liability company
  • Other entity, which may be publicly or privately owned

This definition does not include noncommercial activity, such as owning and operating a personal residence.