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UNITED STATES VISA PROGRAM | 美国签证项目
and national interest (the request must come from an
official of the U.S. government entity and the delay will
be detrimental to the government).
On this basis, the official USCIS policy is for the EB-5
officers in the adjudication process to comply with the
authorized decision for the petitions to be expedited.
The foreign national investor with their filing of the
EB-5 I-526 investors petition, will submit authorization
letters from the USCIS approving the petitions to be
expedited. As a result, there will be deference, given by
the EB-5 adjudicators to the expedited process for all
subsequently filed I-526 petitions.
USCIS will give deference to the approval of the EB-5
Regional Center documentation based upon previously
approved I-526 petitions or USCIS Exemplar I-526
project pre-approval. Hence, the only review by the
USCIS adjudicator will be on the authentication of
the lawful source and transfer of the foreign national
investor’s personal investment funds.
ALTERNATIVE VISA OPTION OF E-2
Before the availability of the expedited EB-5 project,
foreign national investors were choosing alternative
visa options for quick entry into the U.S. Foreign
national investors, who are citizens of E-2 treaty
investor countries, have the opportunity of buying a
E-2签证持有人不能自动转换为美国永久居民, 但是外
国投资人可以将E-2签证转换为EB-5投资者签证。
假设EB-5投资额依然保持50万美元, E-2投资人还需追
加35万美元投资及7.5万美元的律师费。为在EB-5审理
期间运营E-2企业以获得美国有条件永久居民身份, 开
销 (运营和人员雇佣开支) 估计为200万美元。
因此, 对于以E-2身份进入美国随后转换为EB-5有条件
永久居民的投资者而言, 总开销约为275万美元, 等待时
间在两年半到三年半之间。
格林纳达公民身份的优势
有很多外国投资人及其配偶并非来自E-2条约国。若这
些投资人依然希望利用E-2签证加快进入美国的流程,
则可以通过35万美元的房地产投资加上5万美元的律师
费首先成为格林纳达公民。该流程用时约4个月。
如前所述, 通过E-2转换至EB-5的途径进入美国实际上
增加了等待时间和开销。
因此, 对于那些首先取得格林纳达身份、投资E-2签证
然后转换为EB-5有条件永久居民的投资人, 开销约为
315万美元, 处理时间为三到四年。
EB-5区域中心项目开销约58.5万美元, 等待时间为两
年半到三年, 三年半到四年后即可获得有条件永久居民
身份。