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Employment-Based Visas. EB5 Category
Investors
The fifth employment based preference
(EB-5) allows aliens to migrate permanently to the United
states if they invest one million dollars (or five hundred
thousand dollars in an area considered to be rural or
one of high unemployment) in a new business.
The organisation must employ
at least ten US citizens or legal residents.
The investor must be employed
in the capacity of managing the business entity. However,
by USA immigration standards, limited partners who in
their definition have no managerial responsibilities
also qualify for this visa category.
This visa is generally issued
for an initial duration of two years after which time
the visa will be made permanent and no longer subject
to the investor's continued involvement in the enterprise
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