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Short answer. The reserved EB-5 categories exist so a rural, high-unemployment, or infrastructure investor is not stuck behind a queue that ran out of numbers. When they are current, an investor already in the United States can file the I-526E together with an I-485, an I-765 work permit, and an I-131 travel document. For an…

Short answer. DHS published a 358-page proposed EB-5 rule on July 2, 2026. Comments close August 31, 2026. It would codify the two-year sustainment period, put redeployment on a three-month clock, add a penalty regime reaching ten percent of invested capital, and create a higher investment tier for low-unemployment metropolitan tracts. None of it is…

Short answer. A regional center EB-5 petition filed on or before September 30, 2026 is protected by statute from a later lapse in program authorization. Direct EB-5 has no deadline at all. The protection covers the I-526E and the I-829, and its text says nothing about a pending adjustment application. Filing date controls, so approval…

Short answer. Being a national of a treaty country is one of several nationality questions in an E-2 case. The company must also have treaty nationality, your country may be under an entry restriction, some countries appear with an expiration date attached, a passport bought through an investment program may not count for three years,…

Short answer. As of August 2026, an E-2 costs $315 at a consulate plus a nationality-specific reciprocity fee, or $1,015 to $1,615 in USCIS fees if you change status inside the United States. The $250 visa integrity fee is enacted law that nobody has implemented, and it is not on the State Department’s published fee…

Short answer. Since October 1, 2025, E-1 and E-2 applicants no longer qualify for an interview waiver, and the State Department directs applicants to apply in their country of nationality or residence. Renewing an E-2 now means an in-person interview at a specific post, and the enterprise usually has to be registered with that post’s E-visa…

Short answer. An EB-5 petition is a documentary case. Nobody testifies. An officer reads a record and decides whether your claim is probably true. Below is every exhibit, in the order the file is actually built. Get the source of funds tracker. A one-page working document: every exhibit a source of funds file needs, with…

Short answer. No universal right time. Three things decide it: where you are chargeable, how old your children are, and whether you need regional center grandfathering. Two dates make this year different. September 30, 2026 and January 1, 2027. Which of these three is you? The rest of this page is three worked situations. Start…

Immigration rules, fees, and procedures are changing frequently; confirm current requirements before acting. Consider a composite of situations I see regularly. An investor sells an apartment building abroad. Part of the proceeds moves through a brother’s account because his bank handles international wires better. Some is converted to dollars through an informal currency broker, because…

Immigration rules, fees, and procedures are changing frequently; confirm current requirements before acting. The two best-known investor options solve different problems. An E-2 is a nonimmigrant treaty investor visa: it lets nationals of certain treaty countries operate a business they have invested in, but it does not by itself lead to a green card. EB-5…