Figure 1: USCIS Visa Statistics for FY20141
FY2014 EB5 Visa Statistics by Immigration Origin
Country
Visas
% of Total
China (Mainland Born)
9,128
85.37%
South Korea
225
2.10%
Mexico
129
1.21%
China (TaiwanBorn)
126
1.18%
Vietnam
121
1.13%
Russia
100
0.94%
India
96
0.90%
Iran
76
0.71%
Canada
52
0.49%
Nigeria
50
0.47%
Japan
49
0.46%
Great Britain
41
0.38%
Egypt
37
0.35%
Hong Kong
30
0.28%
Brazil
30
0.28%
South Africa
22
0.21%
All other countries
380
3.55%
Total
10,692
100%
Until other markets develop more sophisticated EB-5 infrastructures, China will most definitely remain the dominant
source for investors in the foreseeable future. Competition will
remain extremely high in China, and without an increase in the
number of visas available through this program the effects of
retrogression will persist.
Over the last 12-18 months we have seen a significant shift
away from China. While mainly focused within the Persian
Gulf, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, marketing efforts are
being launched in countries all over the world.
Because the federal government’s fiscal year ends Sept. 30th,
the most recently published data actually represents petitions
filed and approved between Oct. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2014.
Consequently, although it is too soon for the USCIS data to
reflect these efforts, once the petitions for these new investors
are filed, we will expect to see a very different result.
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