Despite the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program being among the quickest ways to obtain U.S. residency, the wait time can be long—often two years and sometimes longer. For EB-5 investors from countries not listed as “current” in the monthly Visa Bulletins, the wait is longer: five to 15 years. The benefits of living in the United States, including a high-quality public education system, state-of-the-art medical facilities, and political and economic stability, are worth the wait, but the years spent in limbo at the mercy of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can cause undue stress and increase the likelihood of challenges arising.

For EB-5 investors with an urgent need for a green card, there exists another option: expedited EB-5 projects. Expedited status can reduce an investor’s wait time for I-526 processing from approximately two years to between four and ten months. Most EB-5 projects do not qualify for expedited status, so any investors considering this path must carefully conduct their research to find a qualifying expedited project. Expedited status exists simply as a way for a project to gain quick access to the funds of its EB-5 investors and begin construction and is available only to projects that USCIS has deemed to represent urgent humanitarian needs or be of compelling interest to the U.S. government. Read more:

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