ACFI - Alabama Center for Foreign Investment

We thank you for your interest in the Investor Pilot Program and we hope this section will be useful to you.

Overview

The U.S. Immigrant Investor Program is an employment-creation visa program that was made possible by Section 610 of Public Law 102-395 (October 6, 1992).

The Program began in accordance with a congressional mandate aimed at stimulating economic activity and creating jobs for U.S. workers, while simultaneously affording eligible aliens the opportunity to become lawful permanent residents (LPR).

The program provides for the issuance of conditional (two-year) green cards to federally approved accredited investors and their families (spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 at time of application) who invest a minimum of USD 500,000 in a qualified project, within the designated target areas, and which creates a combined total of at least 10 full-time direct and indirect U.S. jobs per USD 500,000 invested.

After the initial two-year period, ACFI-RC has an economist develop a study to determine if the investment meets all the federal guidelines. Upon the satisfaction of this requirement, the investor’s legal representative files form I-829 with USCIS. Upon approval, the conditional green cards become permanent. For more information, please continue to the next section “Benefits of the EB-5 Program.”

For your convenience, ACFI-RC has developed Printable Charts that outline the procedures and steps to take to invest in a Regional Center project through the EB-5 Visa Program and ACFI-RC. *These procedures and steps may vary.

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